Originally posted by Erik You know what sucks though? I got the ME
today, as my first Pentax film SLR. One of the first things I did was take the M50 off and put the Zenitar on there to see what it looked like with a full-frame camera.
What more, I only got the
lens two months or so ago. Arghhhh.
Note to self: don't buy Soviet lenses
Hrm.
Well, the implication is that for whatever reason, it's the body that will give first, if it comes down to force, (best try and be sure on that. At least be glad it wasn't a more-expensive camera, and, well, yours truly will be sure to watch out for this, when I get to indulging my affection for quirky lenses.
*maybe someone can confirm my spatial visualization on this: what I'm trying to do now is see if it can be determined whether the levers are *backwards* from where they ought to be or actually wedged against each other end-to-end. My thought is that if it's the latter, simply applying more pressure might free them, but if they're wrong-side of each other, something would have to give in there, probably in bad ways.*
I'm thinking the symptoms here say wrong side rather than mushed together. Sound right?