Sorry Keith, I've never seen one of those! And I misinterpreted it's position - now I look at your post again it's much too far from where the aperture pin is.
Can't help with that one, I'm afraid. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Friday, September 13, 2002 2:23 PM, Keith Whaley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > John Coyle wrote: > > > > The spring-loaded pin is the one that is depressed from the camera > > body to close the aperture down for exposure. > > No, it isn't. The aperture pin is at least 1/16" diameter and sticks > out at least 1/8" or more.. This pin I'm talking about is only about > .010" diameter and only sticks out from the rear face of the lens > body > maybe .040" or less! Maybe 1/6 the diameter of the aperture pin! Half > of the Pentax owners don't even know it's there, most likely! > Only occurs on M-42 lenses.
