That -- readout is normal. What is slightingly referred to as the
crippled K-mount on all the DSLRs doesn't have the aperture follower
linkage, so there is no way for the body to know what the aperture ring
on the lens is set to (other than the separate A position detection).
It still
You can try bending it back into place yourself, or try sending it to
someone for repair. I've had good luck and bad luck with both options.
On 5/3/2012 4:19 PM, Tom C wrote:
Yep, when you mount the lens and the viewfinder is dark,
then your aperture lever isn't aligning with the
Tom,
Just bend it back 1 or 2 mm's then check again.
You're probably just hanging up a bit on the sides.
Regards, Bob S.
Thanks Bob.
If I break it I'll send it to Larry. :)
Tom C.
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If you break it, you can send it to Eric for repair...
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Tom,
Just bend it back 1 or 2 mm's then check again.
You're probably just hanging up a bit on the sides.
Regards, Bob S.
Thanks Bob.
If I break it I'll send it to Larry.
First thing to try in any of these errors that might be caused by a
communication problem between the lens and the camera is to clean
the contacts on both the body and the lens. A clean pencil eraser has
been recommended (and used successfully by me in the past). You should
not rub hard enough
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Tom,
Just bend it back 1 or 2 mm's then check again.
You're probably just hanging up a bit on the sides.
Regards, ?Bob S.
Thanks Bob.
If I break it I'll send it to Larry. :)
Tom C.
Well I bent the aperture lever back away
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 12:29:25PM -0600, Tom C wrote:
Other information as I've experimented.
If I leave the lens in a non-A setting, and remove it from the camera
and put it back on, operation is fine.
If I set the lens to the 'A' setting and remount it, the symptoms
recur (darkish
From: Tom C
This may be going in for repair. Does anyone know if Pentax will still
repair an FA 100/2.8 Macro?
Tom C.
If they won't someone has favorably mentioned a shop somewhere in New
Jersey a couple times.
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Eric Hendrickson in Sharps Chapel(?), TN is good, a former Pentax
technician, and very reasonable. (He retired from Chicago.) He is
also known as 'Pentax Repair'.
See here http://pentaxs.com/
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:10 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Tom
Yep, when you mount the lens and the viewfinder is dark,
then your aperture lever isn't aligning with the body...probably bent.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:12 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:34:57PM -0600, Tom C wrote:
Yeah that was stupid
On May 3, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Tom C wrote:
Belated thanks John and Bob. The aperture lever does seem to be
slightly bent, inward towards the center of the image circle. I can
pull it down, let go, and it springs back. However, if I slowly pull
it down firmly and take my finger off, it
Tom,
Just bend it back 1 or 2 mm's then check again.
You're probably just hanging up a bit on the sides.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Yep, when you mount the lens and the viewfinder is dark,
then your aperture lever isn't aligning with the
Gremlins.
On 4/27/2012 5:13 PM, Tom C wrote:
I've started having problems with this lens that are weird. I don't
think it's operator error...
It didn't want to AF last time I had it on (was using more as a
telephoto). I just mounted it again, and had the same issue. It seems
to hunt a bit but
I've started having problems with this lens that are weird. I don't
think it's operator error...
It didn't want to AF last time I had it on (was using more as a
telephoto). I just mounted it again, and had the same issue. It seems
to hunt a bit but does not achieve focus and stops.
It was on the
My is seriously prone to search wildly for focus when I'm shooting close
objects.
Jeffery
On Apr 27, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Tom C wrote:
I've started having problems with this lens that are weird. I don't
think it's operator error...
It didn't want to AF last time I had it on (was using more
I run into operator error sometimes when I lock the focus
inadvertantly when I take the lens on and off.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
I've started having problems with this lens that are weird. I don't
think it's operator error...
It didn't
You don't say if you are using the F, FA, DA or DA WR version. My
FA100 will sometimes refuse to get a focus lock and sit at infinity.
I press in the mount lock button to release the AF drive and manually
focus to approximate focus and it then seems to work ok till the next
time it decides it
You don't say if you are using the F, FA, DA or DA WR version. My
FA100 will sometimes refuse to get a focus lock and sit at infinity.
I press in the mount lock button to release the AF drive and manually
focus to approximate focus and it then seems to work ok till the next
time it decides
, April 27, 2012 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: 100/2.8 Macro Issue - Thoughts?
You don't say if you are using the F, FA, DA or DA WR version. My
FA100 will sometimes refuse to get a focus lock and sit at infinity.
I press in the mount lock button to release the AF drive and manually
focus to approximate
On 4/27/2012 5:13 PM, Tom C wrote:
I've started having problems with this lens that are weird. I don't
think it's operator error...
It didn't want to AF last time I had it on (was using more as a
telephoto). I just mounted it again, and had the same issue. It seems
to hunt a bit but does not
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:34:57PM -0600, Tom C wrote:
Yeah that was stupid of me. It's the tank-artillery-shell-bodied
FA/100 2.8 Macro.
It seems to be related to the aperture lever/control on the lens. It
appears through the viewfinder that it's totally stopped down in 'A'
mode, even
Yep, when you mount the lens and the viewfinder is dark,
then your aperture lever isn't aligning with the body...probably bent.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:12 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:34:57PM -0600, Tom C wrote:
Yeah that was stupid of
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