I've never held this lens before, but rear elements are generally the
easiest to remove; I've removed quite a few in order to get to oily
aperture blades.
I'd REALLY like to see a photo of the dead moth! :-)
Cheers,
—M.
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On 7 November 2012 09:54, Krisjanis Linkevics
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> Some of you might remember my FA135 that a moth took hostage. Long story
> short there is a dead moth right behind the back element. If nothing else, it
> is messing with focusing, so I would very much like to get rid of its carcas
> and debris.
>
> So half a year ago I went to my local Pentax dealer and the lens was sent off
> to be "fixed". After long travels to the Czech Republic and Germany it
> finally came back today. Nobody has even tried to take it apart. They say
> they can't fix it.
>
> So my question is - do I try to take it apart or give it to some local
> repairman to attempt a repair? I haven't seen any schematics floating around
> and have no idea what it would take to remove the back element but I have
> about as much trust in a nondescript repair shop in a basement somewhere as I
> do in my own fingers.
>
> kris
>
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