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Known Issues:
1. image shift - some shift occurs in focus if followers are worn, have flat spots or damaged. See below for hours to access and adjust.
Service Manual: Disassembly/Re-assembly
SKIN Conversion: tribe7-blackwing7-skin-specifications-spring24.pdf

Test ALL tribe7 lenses on O-tool as part of every approved service. Screenshot and save results to thumb drive on o-tool computer

Full CLA: 6-8 hrs.
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C/A Optics: 2-4 hrs
to drop out optics: remove beauty ring, remove 4 phillips screws around front element and lift out optical core. Factory tolerance for imperfections on elements: For your reference: Our factory tolerance for scratches are “A single lens with this specification is allowed to have 3 “dots” of the size of 0.1mm and 3 scratches with the width of 0.016mm
Image shift: 1-2 hrs
image shift: factory spec - should be below 0.5mm at 6 feet (2 photosites) currently fix: rotate cam followers to not flat spots to reduce image shift (best effort). we have plans to fabricate new followers as replacements but have not done so yet
Rough iris: 3 hrs
Remove iris, shim under internal iris ring to relieve tension on bearings.
Centering/field: 2-3 hrs
to drop out optics: remove beauty ring, remove 4 phillips screws around front element and lift out optical core. 137mm optics are one solid piece from front to element behind iris, rear element can be removed from back, element under rear element is centerable. set screws in sides will disrupt centering.
Re-collimate: 1-2 hrs
compatible with zeiss 9 hole shims. tribe7 shims sold as 8 piece set only (not individually)
SKIN Conversion: 1 hr. per lens
swap front element and witness ring. 3 different color temp options available. Confirm which is desired before swapping parts.
See here for general info on that: tribe7-blackwing7-skin-specifications-spring24.pdf
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