Thanks Geoff!

They have more peanuts than the birds.

Andy

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the reply!

The focus ring does alter the aperture, as does twisting the front of the lens! The aperture ring does not alter the focus, no. This has no manual/auto switch, and is a 44/4 with the focus and aperture rings in the conventional place, which I think makes it a later one?

As I bought it for it's wide open effects, and it cost me £6 posted, I will leave it for now and see how I get on.

I took these earlier...the second one is a 100% crop, both wide open..







as they came out of the camera

Andy

Hi,

I have just received the above via ebay. It was sold as 'blades sticking' but on closer examination, the blades do not stick, however they adjust themselves as there is some slack in the barrel so that when you turn the focus ring either way, the aperture changes by about one stop.

I took the back plate off and discovered that there is a brass link that connects the inside and outside rotating parts [excuse my lack of proper ternminology here]. It locates on the inside with a tab, and on the outside two holes locate over two pegs. Here is the slackness. I didn't go any deeper before asking here...has anyone had this problem? is it repairable? any advise?




Suspect part is circled [badly] in red!

I can use it wide open, and quite successfully at various apertures, but you never know quite where you are.

Thanks

Andy

...or after looking at my options...standard focus screen also considered.

Thanks

Andy

As it happens I was fiddling about last night and fitted my home made [reduced in size] focus screen into my K200d and it appears to be working well. I made`this for my K100d but was never quite happy with it in that camera.

I really wanted the *istDS for my MF lenses, but if this works and saves me 100 euros I'll give it a go and see how I get on. I'm sure there are benefits either way.

I do now need a focus screen of some sort for the *istDS as I managed to scratch it slightly during my fiddles. Only feint to the naked eye, but a black line through the viewfinder.


Andy
Sometimes I wish I didn't start the fiddling...

The link worked for me... ebay item number is 270654887649

Its from HK but has a european warranty...£7999

Andy

...and I'm pretty sure from my research...a screen from a K10 would fil the bill as well.

Andy

Yes, all the info is public. An average amount from what I can work out is 20% plus I have heard of people being charged for opening and checking the package by the Customs people...?

Thing is, if you don't get stopped, you save money, and they don't open everything, so that's the gambol. I just wondered whether others have been caught with something as small as a focus screen, depends how it is sent I suppose.

Andy

and yes...Kazeye is what I meant, but open to advice here.

Hi,

As I can't find a second hand Catzeye for my *istDS I'm thinking of ordering one form the States.

Has anyone done this?...it there a UK outlet? [I can't find one]if you did, were you caught for import tax? I'm not too happy about the gamble here so just wondered what others had experienced.

Thanks

Andy

it also appears I need a new keyboard. I can't edit the header but meant 'delivery/customs'

Hi,

Has anyone got a spare split focus screen for my *istDS? I tried to fit my K100d screen and found they are not compatible. I'd like to keep the DS for manual focus work, so this set up seems the best option.

All offers considered!

Thanks

Andy