If I can work out something to hold the spring and my optics are still aligned I should be good. Otherwise its going to take a road trip to CRIS. Its my main lens for most of what I've been doing. Such a pain to lose it. Unfortunately debt as well as the list of gear that needs fixed/replaced is growing steadily. Really hoping some things come to fruition soon...
Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >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.
