The one I had was mint in every respect but the focusing helicoid felt like you needed a pipe wrench to operate it. I had Fred Mueller at ICT clean and re-lube the focusing helicoid after which it worked beautifully, smooth and light to the touch.
Godfrey On Mar 20, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Bob, > We had this discussion a couple-three-four years ago. It doesn't - > far > less than that, actually (maybe about 270-degrees), but compared to > many > other lenses, it can seem as though it does. Mine was rather light to > focus, and it did so very smoothly. > > Shel > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Bob W >> The M85/2 is popular with a lot of people. I never particularly liked >> mine for 2 reasons. First, mine was slow to focus. I remember it >> taking more than 360 degrees to go from near to infinity, but my >> memory may be at fault. I also found it heavy to focus, perhaps it >> needed regreasing or something. Otherwise it's very small and >> convenient. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
