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Comment by Don posted on So what are you going to do RE: Ricoh purchase of Pentax at 11/07/2011 - 18:32
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My dog would like your squirrel to star in his next home movie...
Comment by Don posted on Hyde Park - Squirrel at 11/07/2011 - 17:24
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That I believe is the future evolution of the d-slr and camcorder merging...
Panasonic is patenting a design, I've been saying for years, Pentax should adopt as part of a k-mount Evil cam system...
I hope pentax does make a k5 or kr based evil cam like this....soon...
Comment by Don posted on Evil Panasonic at 11/07/2011 - 14:22
I voted yes, which is in a way correct - indeed I did buy a Pentax zoom lens today on Ebay. Then I did something to mark the occasion of Ricoh acquiring Pentax, I bought a Ricoh lens - it's an old prime, f1.4 50mm, all manual. I guess others were thinking along the same lines - the auction attracted nearly 60 bids! (incl auto bids). Any excuse to get a fast prime, even if not strictly speaking a Pentax.
Comment by Don posted on So what are you going to do RE: Ricoh purchase of Pentax at 10/07/2011 - 19:05
I like the way he lights the fuse and then steps back to watch the fireworks. Can't believe we're on page 4 of a silly pointless thread!
Comment by Don posted on Possibly going to switch brands at 09/07/2011 - 22:06
Comment by Don posted on I wuv my KR at 09/07/2011 - 15:19
Comment by Don posted on Guess the lighting at 08/07/2011 - 14:12
What's a 'tog' ?
Comment by Don posted on Respect to wedding togs at 08/07/2011 - 13:26
I entered on a whim, don't really expect to win...
but the choppy editing and fast cuts and even the less than perfect shooting... was all meant to convey the feeling of an old family movie, however the camera angles and shots are obviously a notch above the norm. I was hoping to take the viewer along for the ride, and tell a simple story... every Dad out there looks forward to taking their son out to share in dad's favourite activities....
"I shall call him...Mini-Me"
Comment by Don posted on My new video at 08/07/2011 - 13:00
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Comment by Don posted on My new video at 08/07/2011 - 02:34
The pin is in exactly the same position as the screw that drives the focus in the lens and it's the same hole that it gets stuck in. The 1st thing to try if you ever get one stuck is turning AF on, it may just push the pin back. After that a thin feeler gauge might go under.
A lot of the pins are rounded and don't get stuck.
flat metal automotive feeler guages (in conjunction with repeatedly pressing and releasing the lens release on the body)might work if there's any wiggle room to get it in there.
in fact you might try just pressing the lens release on the camera body and allowing it to snap back. the idea is to wiggle the lens back and forth and get it centered so the pin in the lens will hopefully have some slack to move. then snap the button on the body and simultaniously turn the lens.
the idea is to allow the af drive shaft (which moves up and down with the lens lock, to push up on the lens pin.
Your comments got me to doing a little different search, and i came up with one of your earlier posts that did the trick. Pushing the lens release and simultaneously twisting the lens got it off on the first shot. I've gotten the pin out of the lens, so there will no more of that nastiness.
yeah this has come up once or twice before...lol!