Originally posted by Rob-48 george,
my good friend -- i owe you a drink
your method WORKED -- i used a nylon strap version, used by mechanics to romove oil filters from engines
worked like a charm !!!
thank you
and for those 'Ricoh-Pin' advocates out there -- the stuck lens was NOT a 'ricoh-pin' type -- and i DID have the red dots lined up properly (i was worried about that)
george, this was YOUR solution -- 'post' it as a solution -- you deserve the credit
Rob
Hey Rob-48: Brute force isn't a solution. It is a desperation move.
We'd all love to see a photo of your Sirius (WTTW, backward-compatibility means Pentax=branded lenses) mount and your K-01 face plate.
FWIW, I've had no problems mounting nor unmounting any of my 20+ Pentax-branded lenses (or the Pentax-branded M42 adapter) to my K-01. If yours has some kind of assembly fault, well, that won't be the first time that kind of thing has happened.
But I would first suspect, using Occam's Razor, (the simplest cause is the most likely cause) the depth of the ears on your Sirius lens mount is not-quite-spec for the thickness of the K-mount on your K-01.