Originally posted by dadipentak Yeah, well, I tried that: it looks great but I still can't get the lens off.
That's another thing: it's lucky that's not one of the lenses I was going to take on the trip. Also--since I'm going to have to sent the camera in for repair with the lens attached--it's a good thing this didn't happen with the K1000mm mounted!
Surely there's something in there you can push with a "bobby pin" and release the lens, no? I mean, it's a direct mechanical linkage, right? Looks like it on mine, anyway.
Hard to say about QC. I know a fella who bought a D700 and the first time he popped up his built-in-flash the lens assy fell out. But I've bought an *ist D-something, a K20D, and a K-5 with no factory issues whatsoever.