Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Seems the inability of the FA 43 not being able to achieve focus lock at middle distances was a harbinger of doom. The focus is jammed solid. Damn. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/24/2010 1:40 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Seems the inability of the FA 43 not being able to achieve focus lock at middle distances was a harbinger of doom. The focus is jammed solid. Damn. It's worse that I thought, looks like the aperture is jammed solid too. -- His lack of education

Re: Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread drd1135
Sorry. Do you just send that off to Pentax for repair? I'm curious. Do they give you an estimate? -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:40:34 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To:

Re: Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread Walter Gilbert
Damn, indeed. Sorry to hear that. Another reason lens prices depress the hell out of me. -- Walt On 11/24/2010 12:45 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 11/24/2010 1:40 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Seems the inability of the FA 43 not being able to achieve focus lock at middle distances was a harbinger

Re: Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/24/2010 1:51 PM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry. Do you just send that off to Pentax for repair? I'm curious. Do they give you an estimate? -Original Message- From: P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:40:34 To:

Re: Looks like the FA 43mm is going of for repair.

2010-11-24 Thread Miserere
On 24 November 2010 14:01, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I was actually going to send if off to Eric Hendrickson http://pentaxs.com/index.html he's an old time Pentax repair guy.  I've had dealings with him in the recent past, gives estimates and was able to bring my A*24mm