On 7/7/04, Anders Hultman, discombobulated, offered: > Tokina 28-200/3.5-5.3 >It will not physically mount on the *istD even though it mounts on my >ME:s and my Program A. There is an extra bit of flange in the mount >that bumps into a part inside the camera. Look here: > http://anders.hultman.nu/kamera/special-k.jpeg > http://anders.hultman.nu/kamera/istd-bump.jpeg >Does anyone know if that extra piece of flange is good for anything? >Can I let a workshop cut it away? Will anything bad happen then? All >my other lenses has the shorter flange as seen to the left, except >for this one that has the longer one, and also except for the Tamron >200/3.5 that actually has no flange at all.
That flange is attached to a plastic (possibly) surround that will unscrew out of the rear body of the lens. To test, you could remove it completely, re-attach the k mount flange and test on the camera. Obviously with the flange removed there will be a gap present and over time dust could invade the lens, so machining off the correct amount and replacing the flange would be a good alternative IMO. Taking apart a lens is so easy. It's the putting it all back together in the right order that is the hard part ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
