"Patrick Wunsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I am in the midst of my second-ever bad ebay experience.  Based upon some of
>the recommendations here, I purchased a F70-210 lens and just got it
>yesterday.  It took some looking but I can see a bit of haze on what appears
>to be the outside of the second piece of glass from the front of the lens.
>
>First is having it cleaned possible? 

Yes.

>How about feasible?  

Yikes. I've stripped down one of these lenses to clean oil off the
diaphragm. Never again. I suspect the labor cost would exceed the value
of the lens.

>Finally, where in the heck would I take it for such service?  
>None of the camera shops around here do such work and only one would 
>send it out to a third party.  Any one have any recommendations or 
>experience with this.

I'd see if you can send it to Pentax.

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

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