On 13/09/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/12/06 5:03 PM, "K.Takeshita", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It would be a dovetail-like groove to which the rubber O ring is pushed in > > and > > only a very slight amount is protruding outside. > > Someone questioned if all lenses could be sealed. That's a good question > because the retaining the O ring on a flat surface might be a bit of > problem. Machining even the slightest dovetail on the mount surface would > be costly (unless they use two plates), and taking a good look at the > sealing diagram in Steve's Digicam, it might also look like a > circumferential seal in which case the installation and the replacement of a > rubber O ring is very easy. O ring on the mount surface might also be messy > when it breaks. > If circumferential, the lenses have to have some sort of extension collars > to cover the seal.
I didn't get to see this famed leaky release but looking at the huge press kit photos I see no gasket of any kind on the very visible mount.? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
