The converter is held in by a little spring which when mounted is on the left hand side when looking into the lens mount. Just reach in with a small screwdriver, thin knife blade or fingernail your choice, and push it towards the center of the lens opening while tuning the adapter to dismount it.
At 01:19 PM 3/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I have a buyer for my 500/4.5 screwmount, but I can't seem to uncouple its >Pentax M42 adapter from the 1.4X-L teleconverter to which it's been >attached. I'm pushing the TC's little button, but nothing budges. Trying >to unscrew anything from anything else also doesn't produce results. > >HELP! Someone on PDML assured me this arrangement was doable. Is it undoable? > >Paul Franklin Stregevsky >13 Selby Court >Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >H (301) 349-5243 >- >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 . - 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 .

