On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: > From: alex wetmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, John Whittingham wrote: > > > Can someone explain the Giving up on the FA 28-70/4 subject to me, I have > one > > > in need of a clean (fungus) wouldn't want much for it, I'll keep it for > > > spares otherwise. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss%40pdml.net/msg185702.html > > is my original message, which explains it all. > > > > alex > > Just out of curiosity were the two lenses made in Japan?
My original sample was. The other one is boxed up and ready to mail, so I can't tell. I think that it was though. Here is a photo of the damage: http://www.phred.org/~alex/pictures/pentax/lens-ghost.jpg The one that I'm sending back is only about half as bad, but constrast and resolution are still reduced. alex
