Just subscribed to the nomail list so I can still post while sorting out my dead hard drive. Majordomo told me I was already subscribed when I sent my authentication hence the test...
If you want to guarantee me seeing a reply, cc me privately... Now for the RB67 repairs. Last October I was a little careless carrying my RB67 from the car into a motel, trying to cradle it in my arm while carrying too much in my hands. I turned around and the camera fell, hitting the concrete lens first and narrowly missing my foot. The lens had its hood and lens cap on, which took minor damage, but the impact made the lens mechanism very "stiff". I'm not sure if it should have hit my foot to save damage; that would have really hurt. The repair quote was about NZ$530 which is more than the lens is worth so I decided I had nothing much to lose by trying it myself. During the week I managed to get the thing apart after some guidance from a photographer whose first job out of school was fixing Mamiya lenses. After two evenings of almost constant swearing trying to straighten an aluminium plate which had been slightly bent, I managed to get the lens back into working order (and not by getting the plate fully straight:). I reassembled the lens this afternoon and after a couple of minor hiccups, which were fixed quickly, it's now in good working order. So I now have a bit of knowledge about Mamiya lenses, including a recommendation to leave lens repair to the experts, and I can now sell the RB67 kit to raise the cash for a new Pentax 67 75mm f/2.8 lens :) Cheers, - Dave... http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (somewhat out of date) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.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 .
