>>>> The 90-180 ...[snip... Perfect compliment to the LX. >>> Agreed, except I found that the LX is one body (and this is not >>> true of all K-mount bodies) that requires shaving off the >>> excessive old-style K-mount baffle that is found (until it is >>> removed) on some of the original VS1 gems.
>> It is good you remind people of that baffle. It was not a >> pleasant experience when I first mounted the 35-85 on the LX, I >> couldn`t get it back off without a little force. It ever so >> slightly bentthat upper mirror box metal. After that though, all >> the VS1`s I have with the baffle mount and unmount easily. It >> must be less than a mm that is needed to file off. > Hmmmm, I don't recall having a problem mounting this lens . . . of > course my LX has been out of action for a while, and I haven't > used it . . . I'll have to check on this when I get home . . . > wouldn't want to ruin the lens or camera, thanks for the heads > up! On some bodies, the flange (found on all or just about all of the original line of VS1 K-mount lenses) doesn't cause any problem. In fact, I'd used a couple of these lenses on a Super Program for a while without giving it much thought. However, the first time that I used one on an LX (and I don't remember now which lens it actually was, but it really doesn't matter here, since the flange seems to be the same on all of 'em), the flange slightly impinged on the upper mirror box baffle in the LX, scraping against it. No significant damage was done, but a tiny bit of flange removal would have been all that would have been needed to have prevented the problem, if I'd have only known about it ahead of time, which is why I mentioned the problem here, to tip off any others who might not have known about it (although the "diehard" VS1 users like Steve already know). (Gee, that was a long sentence - <g>.) Fred
