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Sad to hear!
What a drag. First a bit counterwise? Carefully with some sort of plier.... It is pasttic, I presume, so it will always be weaker as the mount....although you could break the release button. May be the button is stuck. I am thinking up loud now....First try to move the cap left and right to get the relaese up
Thank you, Michiel. I appreciate the ideas - I am going slightly mad trying to solve this. It's utterly infuriating!
Or send Pentax a mail. May be they have the trick. Or go to a good camerashop.
Thanks again. I'll do just that in the morning (go to a camera repair place that I know). They might be able to assist somehow... They must get this sort of thing all the time. Heck, they can cut the cap off for all I care, as long as the camera itself isn't damaged.
Hi Ed. Sorry to hear about this bit of bad luck but it could have been worse, such as the shutter wasn't repaired correctly or something else more serious. In any case I agree with Pagelli. Whomever manages to get it off, I would suggest first mounting another body cap to the lens mount, just in case it gets stuck again. A plastic cap can always be cut off, whereas an actual stuck lens would be very problematic. It's just a guess, but for whatever reason, depressing the lens release button either is either not moving the release tab/pin in the downward direction enough to release the cap or alternatively not moving at all as though its disengaged, which is hard to imagine. Hope its resolved in short order.
I might just start with opening the card door on the camera. Not sure about the fun of cleaning out the plastic debris from drilling. :bugeyes: I think simply releasing the exterior seals, pressure in the camera should equalize. I doubt the mirror box is sealed internally. The drilling of the cap might be a last resort.
Easy method to test without cutting. Pressure difference sounds reasonable, but the body cap has no gasket (unlike the new lenses) and has some free play when attached. It's possible the the inside of the camera is at a low pressure (from the aircraft trip) and as external atmospheric pressure increased on descent, the cap was pressed against the body enough to form a seal. Can't wait to hear the solution .
If that's the case, then the same technique that can be used to open a jar of jam should work. With a jam jar, I slip a thin-bladed knife tip under the lid and gently pry to allow a bit of air to get in and break the seal. Were I in Ed's shoes, I might try that before drilling.
