Andrea B. Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Today I began to break in my broadband Pentax K5, trying to figure out the various settings necessary for good UV photography and to learn about some unfamiliar features. I did pretty well except when I forgot that I wasn't using a Nikon and reached "by feel" for something that wasn't there. It takes a little practice to develop another set of camera muscle-memories. BTW, that K5 is a delight when it comes to white balance. I was able to obtain a white balance through a Baader-U which pleased me very much. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to test the K5 UV settings with one of my fairly new (to me), as yet unused UV-capable lenses and so picked the Meyer-Optik 35/4.5 Primagon for the trial. A few frames into the shoot here is what happened. Primagon in pieces. Yes, the front element and aperture detente ring with wavy washer fell right off. Never had that happen before! When I was setting up, I thought I had heard a little rattle in the lens but didn't think much of it. Silly me! Next time pay attention to Things Which Sound Loose and Rattle-y. Fortunately there was no harm done. I took the opportunity to clean up the lens, put everything back together and all is well. Tests of this Primagon will resume soon. :D Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Good thing you did not have your Baader-U mounted when that happened, Luck lady indeed!! Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 uh well.....actually I did have the Baader-U on it. My Baader-U filters see a lot of hard use. :D Not intentionally. But stuff happens, as they say. You can get rather a lot of minor scratches on these filters and they still work just fine. Price of the dang things has gone up astronomically, so I really don't take chances with them. On the lens, off the lens and back into the case. Well, that's what I aim for. Sometimes it doesn't always happen. I had to look the lens over carefully to make sure I wasn't removing any necessary lens grease while cleaning. But the area under the wavy washer was not an area needing grease as it doesn't move. Eclipse and hard-tipped swabs made things pretty again. Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 uh well.....actually I did have the Baader-U on it. And it survived! You are a lucky lady! Link to comment
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