-----Original message----- From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:29:00 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FA 43mm
> Dave Wrenn wrote: > > Hi to all, > > > > I've recently acquired an FA 43mm which appears to be mint in every > > respect, except one. > > > > There is noticeable backwards/forwards play in the aperture ring - i.e, not > > in the usual circular movement needed to change aperture, but noticeable > > play when holding the ring between thumb and forefinger, and rocking it up > > and down. > > 'Scuse me...radially or axially, with respect to the axis of the lens? > "Rocking" confused me, so I had to ask... Axially - in fact, on closer inspection, there is slight but noticeable play that allows the entire ring to be pulled backwards towards the camera. Regarding the axial movement, movement is most noticeable when the ring is moved backwards & forwards (to and from the lens cap) when grasped from underneath (180 degress from the distance scale) This could all be quite normal, of course, but since the rest of the lens appears built to very fine tolerances I suspect a problem Dave Wrenn
