Can it be that simply hunting down another sample on KEH/PentaxForums/used dept of B&H and/or Adorama/etc would be a more optimal way to proceed?
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:18 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Vivitar S1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0, the third version with the A contacts took > a fall of about 2 1/2 feet to a concrete floor. Everything seems to be all > right except the aperture lever is binding just ever so much which is > keeping it from stopping down normally. I took it apart, as much as I felt > comfortable doing, while still thinking I'd get it back together, and was > unable to discover where the lever is binding, though it's just enough to > keep it from moving freely through part of it's travel. Even at that I > managed to lose one small screw. > > Any new Pentax equipment I'd send to C.R.I.S. Older stuff I'd send to > Pentaxs.com, but I've never damaged an older non Pentax lens I thought was > worth having repaired, so I'm at a loss. > > Any suggestions would be welcome, preferably within the continental U.S., > but Canada probably isn't out of the question. Though I'm not sure what > kind of hoops I'll have to jump through to get a used lens for repair > through customs. > > -- > There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive > failure, and those that will. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
