Dave, My #1 tube has no spring either. It looks like it couldn't have one by design. #2 and #3 have springs and they look like they are in the same basic place. Look at your #3 and see how it looks. #2 looks the same.
Bruce Dayton Tuesday, April 02, 2002, 11:24:35 PM, you wrote: DAM> Hi all, DAM> I recently bought a set of 6x7 extension tubes. Soon after I DAM> discovered what I thought to be a bit of a problem; the stop-down DAM> coupling on the #1 tube doesn't spring back into place when you move DAM> it with your finger. Is this normal? I actually opened it up DAM> thinking the spring might have broken loose but there's no spring in DAM> there at all. DAM> Then I stupidly opened up the #2 tube to see where its spring goes, DAM> and as you might expect, as soon as I pulled it apart the spring DAM> "sprung" and I don't know where it goes. At least it didn't fly DAM> away. DAM> So, I have two questions. First, is the #1 tube supposed to have an DAM> auto-return spring on the stop-down coupling? Second, where does the DAM> spring fit in the #2 tube? DAM> Cheers, DAM> - Dave - 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 .
