So after some further testing it appears that the mount is actually aligned properly and I just need to find a way to rethread the two screw holes that are now stripped. At least the ring wasn't warped (this time...lol). I'm going to get some abs epoxy and see what I can do to make new threads.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > So it turns out when I fell and bent my A35-105 the other day, I also > didn't notice that I damaged my mirror box. I realized it was out of > alignment and was hoping the ring was just deformed. Turns out two > screws are stripped and the whole box is warped. Damn. Just got this > K-7 too. I figure CRIS is going to want 2-300 for a new mirror box, > which is what the camera is worth. Tempted to swap the good one from > my old K-7 myself, though I know it would be impossible to verify/fix > alignment issues. I guess I just limp along with my failing but still > somewhat faithful k-7. I'm going to send my k-5 in finally tomorrow to > see if CRIS will fix the sensor under warranty. If not, that's another > 400 I'm going to have to magically find right now. Really not having > any luck at all with gear this year. In fact its been about the worst > luck ever. Grrrrrrrrrr. On top of that all I have two 16-45s that need > tightened, realigned, a 12-24 that I need to fix the mount on, an > M28/3.5 that needs the aperture blades freed and a CLA....two broken > flashes with one being worth the money to fix.... I'd start playing > the lottery, but given my luck as of late, it probably wouldn't help. -- 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.
