I know what water can do -- I had a old super-takumar which got drenched and its aperture ring failed :)
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:06:25PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It may not be oil. I lost my wonderful Bow-Wow Takumar to water damage, > and the only noticeable symptom was a slow diaphragm. The shop looked > at it, and sent me a very devastating note, outlining the problems and > the chance of recovery. I put the lens in a shoe box and buried it in > the back yard. > > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > I have heard once the oil sets in, it > > only gets worse slowly. But thats hearsay :) > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html > - > 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 . - 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 .
