Re: My continuing abusive relationship with the Pentax F 70-210mm

Hmmm, maybe the front element assembly is loosening and jamming. Did you try to *carefully* twist the front group a bit to see if it loosens up? It might just be jammed? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: My continuing abusive relationship with the Pentax F 70-210mm

I did try that and it is jammed. There are a couple of screws that if they come loose can get into locations that will jam the mechanism. I think this is what happened. I'm sending it of to Eric Hendrickson at pentaxs.com yet again, I hope that he'll be able to work his magic once more. I'm

My continuing abusive relationship with the Pentax F 70-210mm

I'm not sure who's abusing whom at this point. I took the K20D with FA 20-35mm and F 70-210mm out for a jaunt, didn't actually take any photos. I'll preface this by saying that both lenses seemed to be working flawlessly mechanically. Got back with out inspiration striking. When putting