Hi, I have had the experience of seeing/using many a lenses over the last 10 years due to ebay buy and try ( sell if you don't like ). Not only do these rubber rings sometimes get worn down, sometimes they crack and fall off and get lost! I am not saying it's a major problem with K/M lenses in nice near mint condtion but there some lenses outthere that have just taken a beating, like cars with over 500,000 miles. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:55 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Spotmatic F and Super Takumars I don't know how JCO uses his lenses if he's wearing out the focusing rings. I have a lens or two still from my Nikon days that I bought used in 1981. They were used to make many thousands of pictures for twenty years in my hands. The rubberized focusing rings still look like they're brand new. So we can add to the Whack-A-Mole's ineptness the fact that he abuses these obsolete lenses. "You only hurt the ones you love ..." and all that, I guess. Godfrey On Oct 22, 2006, at 1:46 PM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: Spotmatic F and Super Takumars > > >> I have seen many a lenses in my day and >> On well used examples the rubber DOES >> Wear down. Its just not that durable >> Compared to metal rings. > > Durability wasn't the issue, that is just you trying to change the > subject to save face. > The issue was whether a knurled metal ring was preferable to a rubber > one in cold wether shooting. > Two people who shoot in cold wether told you something you didn't want > to hear, so you tried to change the subject. > Sorry John, it doesn't work that way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
