Can you take a macro shot of the lens' contacts? That might show something..
Gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX! Long years in the Army convinced me that a pencil eraser is the best non-residue cleaner to use on these kind of external contacts. It's not the camera because I cannot reproduce the symptom with any other lens (i.e. "F--" on the display when the lens is locked in the 'A' position. I'm more and more convinced it's some kind of mechanical wear problem in the lens. On 7/16/2013 3:30 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > Try some contact cleaner. Be wary of how it interacts with the paint. > That should be pretty easy to fix. > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> This is the first, and possibly only, dirty joke my Dad ever told his boys: >> >> Q: how did orang utans get their name? >> >> A: because they've got big brass balls, and when they swing through the trees they go 'ora-a-a-ang! Uta-a-a-ang!' >> >> B >> >> On 16 Jul 2013, at 16:32, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> BIG brass ones I got, but no interest in messing around with little teeny tiny ones. >>> >>> On 7/16/2013 11:05 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> You need the brass balls. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:58 AM, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> Definitely sounds like the kind of headache I'd rather pay someone >>>>> else to deal with. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.