On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:11 -0500, "Charles Robinson" <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:50, Charles Robinson wrote: > > > I just pulled an old lens out of the box and popped it onto my K10D with > > the idea that my son could use it to see if he liked the idea of a bigger > > camera. > > > > Darned thing doesn't focus to infinity, though! Why did I never notice > > this before? > > > > The fix is the same as for older Super Takumars... > > Spin off the front "faceplate". Set the lens at infinity. Loosen the > three screws which hold the collar to the internal assembly... back the > collar off a bit and tighten one of the screws down. Now turn the collar > a bit more towards infinity and check the view through the viewfinder. > Repeat until you can get to (or maybe just a shade past) infinity. > Tighten all 3 screws and replace the front ring around the outside face > of the lens. > > Took about 10 minutes, and I've never done this before. Coolness.
Well I don't know if I'll ever need this but filed for future reference. Thanks! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
