Hi Frank, Sorry to hear about your lens. A CLA should fix it up, most likely the helicoid grease froze up the aperture blades, or the spring broke. Is the lens a 3.5 or 3.8? The 3.5`s were early 1990`s, and the 3.8`s were 1980`s vintage. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: New lens don't work!
> Hi, > > You may recall that a couple of months ago, I won a Vivitar Series 1 3.5 > 24-48 on eBay. I finally got it today, thanks to Shel's help. (A bit > thank you to Shel, btw!) > > Unfortunately, the aperture doesn't work. Stays open all the time. > Flicking the lever on the back of the lens (the one by the mount) > doesn't do anything. Putting it on a body doesn't work. > > Has this ever happened to anybody? Anyone know if it can be a quick > fix? I'm hoping that some little spring inside is just out of whack or > broken or something. > > Just so you know (and so no one says "send it back to the vender!" or > anything), arrangements have been made with the vendor in the event that > I can get it fixed - if not, he'll take it back. And, I'll be taking it > into my repair shop tomorrow. I'm just wondering if it's something that > anyone here can shed some light on, so I know what to expect from Mr. > Repair Guy. > > thanks, > frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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 . - 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 .
