>Helmut Dersch wrote
>First, I would like to clarify what I am talking about.
>The loose lensmount I was referring to is _not_ the connnection
>to the camera body (which indeed might be related to the
>particular body I was using) but rather the connection
>of the lensmount to the rest of the lens. To check that for your
>own lens you should hold the lensmount (without attached body)
>in one hand and the front of the lens (e.g. the filter mount)
>in the other hand. Then, without excerting any force, try
>to twist the lens.
Clarification at last! - and I have to agree: only my back-up standard
(23 yr old 50/1.8) had -any- perceptible play at all, and it is the most
heavily used lens I have. I must say, though, I have not noticed any
fall off in its performance.
Regards
Andy
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