Ouch. That sucks. I'm sorry I have only condolences for you, and no advice on repairing lenses... That's way above my pay grade. :(
Good luck. -c On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > So this cheap tripod I've ben using has a quick release button right > next to the ball release. I had my k-5 and 12-24 on it yesterday and > went to release the ball and watched in horror as my camera > plummeted to the asphalt from about 62". Screaming a few choice > obscenities, I picked up the camera and saw that it was ok...just > has a nice scuff in the lower right back corner. Sigh. Oh well. Then > I eventually notice that my 12-24's mount is now loose. Ugh. I get > back inside and take the mount ring off. The screws are anchored into > plastic columns. One is now cracked and unusable. A longer screw would > however dig into the other half that is still there hmm. Then > stupidly, the mount pins all come out. THEN the spring that contacts > the ring falls into the lens. Fuuuuuuuuuuuu. So I start tapping, > hoping to get the spring to fall loose. It does and in the process I > stupidly snap the plastic pin that holds the aperture spring down. > Double fuuuuuuuuu....... > > So I'm trying superglue to see if it holds it....otherwise jb weld, > which should work. If that fails I will drill a small hole and use a > thin screw which would be permanent. Now I just need to find a longer > screw...does anyone know the screw dimensions pentax uses on their > mount screws? I'm guessing that they are fairly standardized on their > DA lenses. Also I may need some assistance in getting the pins in the > correct holes. I'm pretty sure I have it right, but I'd like to be > sure. They are NOT easy to work with. > > In the meantime I need to get my M 28mm 3.5 taken apart partially so I > can clean the rear element and fix the sticky aperture blades. I'm not > having a good run with lenses lately and of course my metz 54mz-i blew > up a couple of weeks ago, which is going to be about 160 to fix. I > even busted out my DA 18-55 mk 1. > > Back to square one for now. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
