Hi Frank, I would say it`s time to get the file out. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:35 AM Subject: New Lens Woe
> Hi, > > I told you all about my "new" Soligor zoom last night. Took her out > with the MX this morning, and it causes the mirror to hang up. "Crap", > thinks I. "Don't tell me the MX is up to it's old tricks again!" > Nope. Put the 50mm back on when I got home, and all's well with the MX > (whew). > > Put the zoom on the SV (for which I finally bought batteries for today, > and it seems to work, although I haven't had a chance to shoot any film > yet), and it works fine. So, worse comes to worse, I've got a cheap > ($20) zoom to go with the cheap ($20) SV I got on eBay. > > But here's my real question. Looking at the mounting end of the zoom, > the flange that protects the diaphragm lever is much longer on the zoom > than it is on my other two k-mount lenses. It looks to be the same > depth, but it's wider along the arc described by the diaphragm lever, if > you know what I mean. I'm guessing that it could be filed down a bit to > give the mirror some clearance. > > I'm always loathe to try such remedies myself, but hey, for what I paid > for the lens, I don't have that much to lose. > > Anyone else come across such a dilemma? If so, what do you think of my > proposed solution? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > thanks, > frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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 .
