The front plate just unscrews from the front of the lens, (it's threaded onto the filter threads), you need something that will apply friction to the front yet not damage it while you spin it off. Some on this list have used a properly sized tub stopper made of while rubber. Once it's off the metal barrel cover is held on by three small screws, which sometimes come loose, obviously those on your lens have, since two have fallen out. This method is used to attach the barrel on a number of Pentax lenses by the way.
Charles Robinson wrote: >I've got a used Pentax K 50mm f1.4 lens that exhibited weird behavior >last time I pulled it out of the bag. > >The front end of the barrel is loose. No optics are moving or >anything... just the front barrel (which includes the front plate >that has the name of the lens with the serial number on it and >everything. > >I don't know what holds this on, but clearly something has sheared or >come loose. > >Heh. Now that I pull on it a bit to take a demonstrative photo, a >couple of small screws just dropped out into my hands. > >All I need now is a VERY tiny screwdriver and a blow-up diagram of >how this lens comes apart. I'm guessing it might have something to >do with removing the rubber cover on the focusing ring??? > >Photos to illustrate the problem are below: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/images/imgp0202.jpg > >(levels adjusted severely to show detail where the problem lies) > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/images/imgp0203.jpg > >Any advice on specifically what to do to get to where those screws >belong would be greatly appreciated. > > -Charles > >-- >Charles Robinson >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Minneapolis, MN >http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
