FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-07 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
Some of you might remember my FA135 that a moth took hostage. Long story short there is a dead moth right behind the back element. If nothing else, it is messing with focusing, so I would very much like to get rid of its carcas and debris. So half a year ago I went to my local Pentax dealer and

Re: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-07 Thread Miserere
I've never held this lens before, but rear elements are generally the easiest to remove; I've removed quite a few in order to get to oily aperture blades. I'd REALLY like to see a photo of the dead moth! :-) Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLig

RE: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-07 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
> I've never held this lens before, but rear elements are generally the > easiest to remove; I've removed quite a few in order to get to oily > aperture blades. > > I'd REALLY like to see a photo of the dead moth! :-) > > Cheers, > > —M. Unfortunately it sounds a lot better than it looks. Ju

Re: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-07 Thread Boris Liberman
I think it may be worth your while to contact someone from US of A as the idea that FA 135 cannot be fixed for the problem you're having sounds very strange to me. On 11/7/2012 4:54 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Some of you might remember my FA135 that a moth took hostage. Long story short th

RE: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-08 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
> I think it may be worth your while to contact someone from US of A as > the idea that FA 135 cannot be fixed for the problem you're having > sounds very strange to me. > > Boris Liberman My desire was to get real Pentax repair people to tackle the problem as they might have access to Pentax-spe

Re: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you don't mind sending it to the US you could check out Eric Hendrickson. He was a long time repairman for Pentax and now works on his own. You can contact him through his web site. http://pentaxs.com/ -p Sent from my iPad On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: >> I th

RE: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-08 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
> If you don't mind sending it to the US you could check out Eric > Hendrickson. He was a long time repairman for Pentax and now works on > his own. You can contact him through his web site. > > > http://pentaxs.com/ > > -p Thanks for the suggestion, I will think about it. Customs would be my b

RE: FA135 service story and advice needed

2012-11-08 Thread J.C. O'Connell
rsday, November 08, 2012 10:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: FA135 service story and advice needed > If you don't mind sending it to the US you could check out Eric > Hendrickson. He was a long time repairman for Pentax and now works on > his own. You can contact him t