From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Now I'm pissed off by the FA* lenses. Three out of four
> I've owned have had the metal window over the focusing
> scale loose right out of the box; brand new.
I don't blame you.
> One of my lenses needed internal cleaning after one year.
Actually, this is to be somewhat expected of AF lenses compared with manual focus
lenses.
AF lenses require more opening to the air so that there is less air resistance for
faster
focusing. Couple that with the fact that in an automatic system more actual focusing
takes
place bringing more air exchange and you have a greater opportunity for crap to get
inside. Everyone's mileage will vary.
> Now my FA* 200/4 macro is gone busted. The window
> eventually fall off and got broken after my endless tries
> of gluing it propely in place with superglue. Even superglue
> wasn't powerful enough. Now my lens is full of glue marks
> and witout focus scale window. It isn't the metal thats the
> problem; its the glass part thats cannot be bent to fit the
> lens curvature. The metal part is absolute crap. It can
> teared to pieces with my fingers.
Inexcusable!
> So here you have
> (another) lens made partly of scrap metal glued in place
> with double sided tape!
Inexcusable!
> I mean, even if the window was
> properly in place, how long does double sided tape work
> under field conditions?
Not long!
> This isn't worthy of an expensive
> Pentax lens
Damn right!
> and problem have existed for years now.
As I said, inexcusable!
Regards,
Bob...
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