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[OM] Re: Sigma macro

Subject: [OM] Re: Sigma macro
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:05:50 -0800
Andrew Palmer wrote:

>  Thanks again, Moose.  I can now shift everything so infinity focus is back 
> in the right position.  But in use it then slips again.  Perhaps there is a 
> screw somewhere inaccessible.  I am afraid to investigate further as I guess 
> from past experience that tiny springs would fly across the room and ball 
> bearings would patter onto the carpet.  I would then spend a fruitless day 
> running a magnet over the floor and end up with another doorstop.  I have 
> asked Sigma for a quote and they say GBP 60 plus parts, which is more than I 
> paid for the lens.  I'll learn to live with the shifting focus.
>

I just wondered if the tape you found holding 2 bits together may have 
lost its adhesive power, allowing the unwanted movement you are 
experiencing.

Moose


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