> the aperture indexing pin (the one which tells the body which > aperture is set on the lens) on my SFXn is (was) made of plastic. > One day (yesterday), it decided it breaks. It broke! Stupid damn > engineer at Pentax who decided to save 0.005$ by making this part > plastic not metal. Now all my lenses are useless on this body, I > have to meter using a spotmeter... > > Please, can you check your Z1s and Z1ps if there is this ring also > from plastic or metal? I am hoping that some AF pentax used this > ring made from metal, and I could replace the fragile plastic one > with metal one. Thanks...
I believe all Pentax 35mm bodies since the P series use plastic. This part is quite easy to replace. regards, Alan Chan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
