Re: Equipment rant!
On 10 September 2015 at 19:29, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > >> On 9 September 2015 at 22:43, P.J. Alling >> wrote: >>> >>> On a related note, if anyone >>> would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops >>> contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years >>> ago, >>> it's price is totally negotiable. >> >> >> The last thing my photography needs is an argumentative lens. > > > Lens capable of Argot Mentation? > ;-) Photigo ergo sum. -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
mike wilson wrote: On 9 September 2015 at 22:43, P.J. Alling wrote: On a related note, if anyone would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years ago, it's price is totally negotiable. The last thing my photography needs is an argumentative lens. Lens capable of Argot Mentation? ;-) -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
mike wilson wrote: >On 9 September 2015 at 22:43, P.J. Alling wrote: >> On a related note, if anyone >> would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops >> contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years ago, >> it's price is totally negotiable. > >The last thing my photography needs is an argumentative lens. I think that might be in "contention" for quote of the year. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
On 9 September 2015 at 22:43, P.J. Alling wrote: > On a related note, if anyone > would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops > contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years ago, > it's price is totally negotiable. The last thing my photography needs is an argumentative lens. -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
That's the same thing my Tokina ATX-PRO 28-70 f/2.8 was doing. Any time I twisted the zoom ring down to the 28mm position it lost contact internally & gave me the dreaded "--" for aperture & the camera (K-3; K20D) would prompt for me to enter the focal length when I tried to activate the shutter. There's a worn contact somewhere inside the lens. On 9/9/2015 5:43 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I did. The issue seems to be in the aperture mechanism of the lens. Stress the lens and the A contact behaves as if the lens has been taken off the A position. I suspect there's a ground lead in the mount that has a hairline crack in it. I'd take it apart but my track record of losing small parts when I do something like that is not good. On a related note, if anyone would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years ago, it's price is totally negotiable. On 9/9/2015 5:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Clean the contacts. Paul via phone On Sep 9, 2015, at 4:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: So I've been noticing that the Vivitar 70-210mm will lose contact with the K-5II more than once in a while. This wouldn't be bad, except in P and M mode it's like hitting the green button, any aperture or shutter settings are reset to base. I hadn't noticed this before and I thought that there might be something going wrong with the lens. It's really very annoying. Then I thought, what if it's a problem with the K-5II? That would be a bummer, but at least the Camera is still under warranty. So I mounted the lens on the K20D and THE K20D WORKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY!!! The lens has probably always lost momentary communication with the camera, but the K20D simply goes back to where it was, when contact is resumed. The shutter and aperture don't reset. Why the hell would Ricoh rewrite the the code to do this? It makes no particular sense. This issue could surface with any A lens. End of rant, you may now resume your regularly scheduled entertainment. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
I did. The issue seems to be in the aperture mechanism of the lens. Stress the lens and the A contact behaves as if the lens has been taken off the A position. I suspect there's a ground lead in the mount that has a hairline crack in it. I'd take it apart but my track record of losing small parts when I do something like that is not good. On a related note, if anyone would like a video ready Vivitar S1 35-70 f2.8, (no click stops contentiously variable f stop), lens I accidentally made, a few years ago, it's price is totally negotiable. On 9/9/2015 5:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Clean the contacts. Paul via phone On Sep 9, 2015, at 4:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: So I've been noticing that the Vivitar 70-210mm will lose contact with the K-5II more than once in a while. This wouldn't be bad, except in P and M mode it's like hitting the green button, any aperture or shutter settings are reset to base. I hadn't noticed this before and I thought that there might be something going wrong with the lens. It's really very annoying. Then I thought, what if it's a problem with the K-5II? That would be a bummer, but at least the Camera is still under warranty. So I mounted the lens on the K20D and THE K20D WORKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY!!! The lens has probably always lost momentary communication with the camera, but the K20D simply goes back to where it was, when contact is resumed. The shutter and aperture don't reset. Why the hell would Ricoh rewrite the the code to do this? It makes no particular sense. This issue could surface with any A lens. End of rant, you may now resume your regularly scheduled entertainment. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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.
Re: Equipment rant!
Clean the contacts. Paul via phone > On Sep 9, 2015, at 4:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > So I've been noticing that the Vivitar 70-210mm will lose contact with the > K-5II more than once in a while. This wouldn't be bad, except in P and M > mode it's like hitting the green button, any aperture or shutter settings are > reset to base. I hadn't noticed this before and I thought that there might > be something going wrong with the lens. It's really very annoying. > > Then I thought, what if it's a problem with the K-5II? That would be a > bummer, but at least the Camera is still under warranty. So I mounted the > lens on the K20D and THE K20D WORKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY!!! > > The lens has probably always lost momentary communication with the camera, > but the K20D simply goes back to where it was, when contact is resumed. The > shutter and aperture don't reset. Why the hell would Ricoh rewrite the the > code to do this? It makes no particular sense. This issue could surface > with any A lens. > > End of rant, you may now resume your regularly scheduled entertainment. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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.
Equipment rant!
So I've been noticing that the Vivitar 70-210mm will lose contact with the K-5II more than once in a while. This wouldn't be bad, except in P and M mode it's like hitting the green button, any aperture or shutter settings are reset to base. I hadn't noticed this before and I thought that there might be something going wrong with the lens. It's really very annoying. Then I thought, what if it's a problem with the K-5II? That would be a bummer, but at least the Camera is still under warranty. So I mounted the lens on the K20D and THE K20D WORKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY!!! The lens has probably always lost momentary communication with the camera, but the K20D simply goes back to where it was, when contact is resumed. The shutter and aperture don't reset. Why the hell would Ricoh rewrite the the code to do this? It makes no particular sense. This issue could surface with any A lens. End of rant, you may now resume your regularly scheduled entertainment. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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.
RE: Superficial equipment rant
From: "P. J. Alling" This is a small thing, but has anyone else noticed that the A design, rear lens caps don't hold up as well over time as the old K versions. I have a number of both, and just about all of the A versions have become so loose that they fall off in a photo bag, sometimes they fall off when I pick a lens off the shelf. The K version, which unfortunately doesn't protect the A contacts seems to last a whole lot longer. In fact I've even had a couple of A rear lens caps simply break apart. This wouldn't be so bad except that they are no longer supplied with most lenses, The last couple of new lenses I bought came with the cheap push on soft plastic caps that used to be reserved for the Takumar Bayonet third tier lenses. I had to pay extra for the A bayonet version and they're just crap. Well that's it I just had to rant. I spent the last 15 minutes trying to find three good A rear lens caps that wouldn't fall off the lenses I plan on taking with me tomorrow. and in conclusion I'd just like to say... You kids get off my lawn! They made some for a while that looked like a top hat that seem to stay on quite well. I keep an eye out for them at flea markets & camera stores. -- 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.
Superficial equipment rant
This is a small thing, but has anyone else noticed that the A design, rear lens caps don't hold up as well over time as the old K versions. I have a number of both, and just about all of the A versions have become so loose that they fall off in a photo bag, sometimes they fall off when I pick a lens off the shelf. The K version, which unfortunately doesn't protect the A contacts seems to last a whole lot longer. In fact I've even had a couple of A rear lens caps simply break apart. This wouldn't be so bad except that they are no longer supplied with most lenses, The last couple of new lenses I bought came with the cheap push on soft plastic caps that used to be reserved for the Takumar Bayonet third tier lenses. I had to pay extra for the A bayonet version and they're just crap. Well that's it I just had to rant. I spent the last 15 minutes trying to find three good A rear lens caps that wouldn't fall off the lenses I plan on taking with me tomorrow. and in conclusion I'd just like to say... You kids get off my lawn! -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- 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.
