In my neighborhood, one of the best repair folks around is Fred
Mueller at International Camera Technicians, http://
www.ictcamera.com/. Fred did overhauls on both the Pentax-A 70-210/4
Macro and Pentax-M 85/2 that restored them to as-new condition for a
reasonable price.
Essex Camera Services, http://www.essexcamera.com/, is another outfit
that's done good work for me in the past, including repair of some
rather difficult to find service for items like Olympus Pen EE cameras.
Godfrey
On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
Thanks, Godfrey. I'm leaning toward sending it off to someone who
knows what they're doing. Disassembling a lens scares the crap out
of me. Got any suggestions for competent lens repairmen?
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
That's the sort of thing I always send a lens to a technician to
correct.
Godfrey
On Dec 3, 2005, at 2:23 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
Hey, folks! In an effort to stimulate the gear-headedness around
here, I thought I might mention a little problem I'm having with
an M
series lens. The blades won't stop down past f16. I can see
marks on
the blades, so it's fairly obvious where f22 should be, but
moving the
aperture ring from 16 to 22 does nothing. The linkage moves, so
going
from 16 to 22 does affect the meter reading. I rarely use f22 on
this
lens and I haven't noticed any exposure problems with other
settings.
The blades respond quickly and do not appear to be sticky at all.
They also look dry and I can see no oil on them.
Any thoughts on a simple fix, or will this require a CLA or some
other solution?
