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Carzee

24th of March 2006 (Fri), 07:48

The cheaper EOS Zeiss-Yashica lens mount adaptors have a little locater screw that keeps getting lost and mislaid:

I spotted this ebay auction -may be the alternative non-genuine part.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6263686562&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

OdiN1701

25th of March 2006 (Sat), 02:10

That's useless without a nut.

That would make the camera a lot heavier. Maybe that's why people take them off?

DocFrankenstein

25th of March 2006 (Sat), 02:42

I wonder how much color metal is in that bolt.

condyk

25th of March 2006 (Sat), 03:58

I can also see this excellent item replacing many a 28-135 IS as doorstop in homes world-wide. Good export opportunities.

Carzee

25th of March 2006 (Sat), 04:08

Good export opportunities.

No can do. To some countries anyway. The government has banned export of many hi-tech gadgets and increased all manner of security for patents and intellectual property. What if everyone had this technology?

So we don't even export the nuts. I bet the overseas boffins would try to reverse engineer them and figure out what goes in them.