I played around with the contact to no avail. I did try a very tight rubber band around the aperture ring. That works! Seems like maybe inside there is a spring or something that pushes out just enough to break contact?
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 3:09:24 PM, you wrote: RS> On 10 Dec 2003 at 13:25, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Steve, >> >> My FA80-320 is acting kind of like that. Put it on the *istD and it >> behaves like it were an M lens. I tried cleaning the contacts to no >> avail. I have found that if I put some pressure on the aperture ring >> right near the lens release button, it works. No pressure - no work. >> Something is certainly wrong. Don't know if yours is similar. I'm >> thinking of sending it in to get fixed. RS> Sounds like the "A" contact isn't being made or the switch is stuffed. The pin RS> could be worn a bit too, maybe you could check for continuity between the "A" RS> on and the lens mount (when in the "A" position). RS> Rob Studdert RS> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA RS> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 RS> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours RS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] RS> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ RS> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
