Instead of Super Glue on the pin, glue on a little piece of plastic to hold the pin in. The plastic can easily be chipped off later.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan P. Hayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Simple screwmount lens question > > > Super glue had occurred to me, but I was hoping for something more > reversible! I have a set of extension tubes that manage to catch the > rod, which is fine for macro work. > > At 12:30 PM -0400 5/14/05, P. J. Alling wrote: > >It the M42 lens doesn't have an auto/manual switch then there isn't > >really a simple solution. I've heard that super glue works... > > > >Alan P. Hayes wrote: > > > >>Sorry if this shows up twice, but I think I sent it from the wrong > >>address, before... > >> > >>I've got a couple of SM lenses with the little push rod arrangement > >>for stopping the lens down. Is there a simple solution to keeping > >>it pushed in when using the lens with a screw to K mount adapter? > > > > > > > >-- > >A man's only as old as the woman he feels. > > --Groucho Marx > > > -- > Alan P. Hayes > Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design > Pittsfield, Massachusetts > > Photographs at > http://www.ahayesphoto.com/americandead/index.htm >
