>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. One of my lenses needed internal cleaning after one year. 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. So here you have
>(another) lens made partly of scrap metal glued in place with double sided
>tape! I mean, even if the window was properly in place, how long does
>double sided tape work under field conditions? This isn't worthy of an
>expensive Pentax lens and problem have existed for years now.
I had the same problem with FA85/1.4 too. The problem was the metal sheet
did not fitted the lens very well (the curve was not right). It was tough to
tape that thing perfectly. It's the most stupid design ever. Why don't
Pentax just use the good old one piece transparent plastic instead (like
those on regular FA lenses)? Very very stupid decision made by Pentax. But
then again, super glue was not a wise choice, and regular double-sided tapes
do not cut either. I use the one (3M, 1 inch wide) bought from Fargo and it
worked (I do not know for how long though because I sold the lens not long
after). The metal sheet on my current FA24/2 does not fit well either (the
edges are not flat), but it does not peel off itself so I just leave it.
Gradly there are the LIMITED lenses so I just don't bother to buy the
FA85/1.4 again (so to other FA* lenses). You will be amazed how some really
great products were put down by some silly mistake. Just no more, Pentax!!!
regards,
Alan Chan
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