Hi Niclas Chong & Thomas Chin,
Thank you for your interest. I would hesitate to sell anything broken to anyone. My lens was purchased new 3 yrs ago in HK. Annoyingly, I took good care of it and never dropped the lens. To put back the front barrel, you need to break apart the front plastic ring (where the Zeiss labels locate) from the front metal barrel. They are very securely cemented togethor in a seamless join. There are three small screws needed to be re-attached. The plastic ring covers their threads. I have already scratched the plastic ring in my futile attempt to separate it from the metal barrel by using a Swiss army knife but I gave up because I didn't want to break the plastic.
You can get a used one in e-bay/shop for a very low price $135-$150.
So my lens serves not only as a paper weight but an anatomical model for learning the internal contruction of Zeiss lens!
Thank you for your interest. I would hesitate to sell anything broken to anyone. My lens was purchased new 3 yrs ago in HK. Annoyingly, I took good care of it and never dropped the lens. To put back the front barrel, you need to break apart the front plastic ring (where the Zeiss labels locate) from the front metal barrel. They are very securely cemented togethor in a seamless join. There are three small screws needed to be re-attached. The plastic ring covers their threads. I have already scratched the plastic ring in my futile attempt to separate it from the metal barrel by using a Swiss army knife but I gave up because I didn't want to break the plastic.
You can get a used one in e-bay/shop for a very low price $135-$150.
So my lens serves not only as a paper weight but an anatomical model for learning the internal contruction of Zeiss lens!