No sooner do I start using my 35-85 Varifocal Zoom on my *ist-D then the aperture ring begins to become quite stiff and rough. No problem says I just open 'er up and clean out the mechanism, it's not like it's rocket science. So I get the lens mount and aperture ring off clean out the junk lube the cheesy, (and I do mean cheesy), mechanism and start to reassemble...
What the &*#U $^*)T$^% &^%* happened to the (&((^$ _spring_. Yes the stupid little spring which holds a small ball in the aperture ring mechanism is gone. I never even saw it leave. Anyone who's had these lenses or similar lenses apart know of a source for something that will replace them?
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I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.
During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings
and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
--P.J. O'Rourke
