Here's another risk to watch out for in lenses that I never knew was possible before. I was thinking of buying a used MZ-M as a spare body, which had an autofocus Sigma lens that came with it. I didn't need the lens, and so I would have been putting it up for sale on eBay. I know that autofocus lenses can get their electronics messed up, so I put it on my MZ-5 to make sure that it worked in autofocus mode. Imagine my surprise when I slipped it in position, and it just wouldn't turn clockwise on the MZ-5, even though it went on the MZ-M perfectly well. On examination, it looked like one of the metal claws on the lens was slightly bent. I guess it gouged a path for itself on the MZ-M's plastic lens mount, but was stopped by the MZ-5's metal mount. This would be a pretty rare event, but it is one more thing to think about when buying used lenses. A seller who only tried a lens on a camera with a plastic mount could in all good faith claim that it was in good shape, while you might not be able to use it when you get it home. ===================== Visit my home page at http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/photopage.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
