That's good to know! There's not many people out there that will fix old lenses. I've been half tempted to get some tools together and start repairing old lenses myself. I have a few nice gems that need torn apart and cleaned something awful, but really aren't worth the money to send out and have looked at.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:24 PM, James King <jamesk8...@mac.com> wrote: > P.J. Alling wrote on Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:19:58 -0700: > >> 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 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. > > If KEH can't help, you might consider trying Paul Ebel: > > Paul Ebel Lens Services > 420 21st Street North, Suite #2 > PO Box 141 > Menomonie, WI 54751 > > Paul has repaired old lenses and cameras for me in the past. > > Regards, Jim > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
