tlitody
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Ok found it, the original 100mm makro was f4.0 and not 2.8 and didn't have helicoid, so yours must be designed for fitting direct to camera.
Wow, you are quite the Zeiss historian.
No, the lens is of Japanese Manufacture. I purchased it from a Contax dealer in Australia a few months ago. He represented it as a new lens..old stock. From all appearances of lens, box and paperwork. It was new.
New AE lens ? I doubt that very much. Maybe in perfect condition but MM lenses replaced AE a long time ago.
Dun think macro lenses come in MM version. All of them should be AE version most likely because of the very long lens extension when using at 1:1 it is not easy to design the linkages in MM mode.
Nahhh,,,, I really like the camera. I do plan on sending back to Japan for CLA.
Does this happen with fresh batteries and the camera in manual mode?
I've heard that you can soften the glue on the mirror with a hair-dryer, then push it back into place, so it doesn't collide with the lens. (Do this at your own risk, of course!)
A simple test to make sure it's colliding is to fire the shutter until it sticks, then remove the lens. If it was stuck against the lens, it should flip back into place as you loosen the lens.
I had this happen to an FX-3. Solution: stop using the camera!
Wow, that was easy. I took a hairdryer on high to the mirror for about 30 seconds, carefully pushed the mirror back up into place and voila...fixed. It'll be interesting to see how long this stays fixed for....
Keep your camera lying flat when not in use.
The mirror issue is important, as u may accidentally scratch the rear glass element of your favourite lenses like 28/2, 35/1.4 etc.