Originally posted by robtcorl At least it sounds like the ground was flat enough that you could hold down on a point, plumbing over a point is challenging for the inexperienced.
I think I've told this here before, but here I go again;
Crew chief to new guy: Were you plumbed directly over the marker?
New guy: I was close, maybe within a couple hundredths.
Crew chief: If those couple hundredths were off the end of your tallywhacker it would be a lot wouldn't it?
Actually, did that too, but I'm not sure how many here might know the technique of which you speak. But speaking of mutilated tallywackers, I did a training tour on welding (I handled tour logistics) and discussing safety the instructor liked to tell the story about the guy who left a butane lighter in his front pocket while gas cutting steel plate. The instructor indicated the guy lost half his tallywacker, but the instructor never asked which half...
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Anybody in this group want a free lens, postage not included?
I picked up a KR lens in an antique store for cheap about a year ago. Other than external dust and fingerprints, the lens seemed in perfect condition. I removed the Ricoh pin and the lens was working fine. On a walk with my Super Program last weekend I noticed the lens had not stopped down when I removed it from the body. It didn't budge rotating the aperture ring. I pulled the mount yesterday and the mechanism is sticking. I decided the lens isn't worth my time tinkering with. I reinstalled the mount, but may not have correctly aligned the aperture arm with the internal portion - point is, there are no missing parts other than the Ricoh pin.
The optics are in excellent shape and the IQ isn't half bad.. Focus MC Auto Zoom 80-200 F/4.5. Has the 'A' contact. The lens says 'macro' but is actually just close focus 1:5 at 200mm and 1:10 at 100mm.