Well, I was bored and put on some star trek (DS9, my fav), and for two hours I worked the barrel back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and it started to loosen up after about an hour and a half. By two hours my film camera (SF10) can now focus through the entire zoom range. The Kx will still get stuck right at .8 meters, but I'll watch some more star trek tonight
Good news is I don't have to take it apart. The Tokina seems to have more CA than I remember now though... although I haven't shot a lot with it, so I'm not sure. Argh.Still not sure if this has affected my camera either... I may just have camera hypochondria right now. (but I *was* having a hard time photographing a shiny motorcycle with a wide aperture in mixed shadow/sunlight. Wanted bike in focus, background not).
Charles.