On 15/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >As regards (C), I'm not much of a mechanical engineer, but I'm happy to >donate lenses for a glorious death at the hands of people who want to have >a crack at it. I have an A50/2.0 here which I'm never going to use. The >local shops have plenty of low-priced K/M lenses, of which the 50mms are >unlikely to ever be put to use. And I like trawling eBay for bargains, but >since I got the *istD, the urge to collect old Pentaxes have evaporated. >Anyone want to tackle this problem? Cotty?
Hello! Sorry, what was the question Fawlty? Butchering the back end of a SMC K is easy - it requires removal of the aperture lever that sticks out of the back. There's 2 ways to do it. 1. Carefully unscrew the mount-retaining screws. Remove mount and plastic inner spacer between mount and rear lens element. Carefully remove aperture ring, note detent ball will want to spring into orbit - detain in safe place. Unpick all the gubbins therein, persuade aperture lever to depart pivot point. Create new anchorage for spring to attach to. Rebuild. -or- 2. Saw the bugger off. Naturally I chose the latter. Once my EOS/K mount adapter is made (in progress) I will post a web page detailing the operation with scratches, er I mean sketches... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
