P.J. Alling wrote on Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:19:58 -0700: > My Vivitar S1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0, the third version with the A contacts took a > fall of about 2 1/2 feet to a concrete floor. Everything seems to be all > right except the aperture lever is binding just ever so much much as I felt > comfortable doing, while still thinking I'd get it back together, and was > unable to discover where the lever is binding, though it's just enough to > keep it from moving freely through part of it's travel. Even at that I > managed to lose one small screw. > Any new Pentax equipment I'd send to C.R.I.S. Older stuff I'd send to > Pentaxs.com, but I've never damaged an older non Pentax lens I thought was > worth having repaired, so I'm at a loss. > Any suggestions would be welcome, preferably within the continental U.S., but > Canada probably isn't out of the question. Though I'm not sure what kind of > hoops I'll have to jump through to get a used lens for repair through customs.
If KEH can't help, you might consider trying Paul Ebel: Paul Ebel Lens Services 420 21st Street North, Suite #2 PO Box 141 Menomonie, WI 54751 Paul has repaired old lenses and cameras for me in the past. Regards, Jim -- 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.
