Hey all. I've got a K50/1.4 a few months ago that's become one of
my favorite lenses. Trouble is, the front barrel is a little bit loose.
By front barrel, I mean the forward-most piece... the one that houses the
glass, not the focus ring. It can be wiggled sideways slightly, and it
noticable in the viewfinder.
Is there anything like a loose setscrew that could cause this? I
had a Vivitar zoom I took apart due to the same problem, and found two of
three setscrews around the circumference loose, which allowed it to wiggle
sideways. I've taken apart (and reassembled sucessfully) a few lenses
already, so I'm not too worried about that... unless ignorance is bliss?
I'm not really keen on doing an exploratory on this and risk the
possibility of screwing it up or misadjusting something , only to discover
that I cannot fix the problem anyway.
Anyone had one of these apart? I've also got an M50/1.4 that has
a large piece of something in front of the rear element that I may try to
remove.
Thanks
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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