Hi Steve, you wrote: > Now that makes perfect sense. I think you`re right that the > rear element > floats, because my K-mount specimen had a loose filter ring on it, > Dean (my repairman) took it apart and told me to hold the front > element group while he tightened some screws, and I don`t > remember him fighting any springs in the process.
I also took apart the front parts as I wanted to increase the close focussing range but I found that's not possible at this lens. But IIRC, the springs are fixed at the front part ( which moves during focussing and contains the front element group ) and also at the rear part. Is the rear element also turning during focussing ? This could be a check whether I'm right or not.Steve Larson wrote; > The nice thing about this list-you`ll get to the bottom of > it, no matter what. That's only one of the very pleasant aspects of the PDML :-)) regards Bernd H. - 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 .
