I have had very bad experiences with KEH repair: basically, they wouldn't fix the problem, argue forever the obvious, and so long, so forth. I wouldn't use them again.
best, mishka On 4/8/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > KEH.COM, they fix all pentax K lenses, > and even most screw lenses too! Prices > are reasonable (if you call under $100 > reasonable) ...I have used them several > times for various problem lenses of both > types... > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark Cassino > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:15 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Problem with A* 200 macro > > > I had some exposure problems while shooting with the A* 200 macro last > week. Looking at it closely I discovered today that it is not stopping > down properly when the lens is set to the "A" position. basically, it > does not stop down at all at f 4.5 and 5.6, but then begins to stop down > > at f 6.7. The aperture blades seem to be about 1 stop off across the > board, and the smallest aperture I can get looks to be f22, not f 32. > When I set the aperture via the aperture ring, it stops down correctly. > > This performance is consistent on the three bodies I have that use both > Aperture Ring and Body control of the aperture setting - the Pz-1p, > *ist-D, and K10D. On other cameras - Mz-S and LX for example, this > issue is moot since the aperture ring is used. > > I tested a couple other "A" lenses and they don't have this problem, so > something is amiss with the 200. > > Last summer the lens (and my *ist-D) took a nasty six foot fall off a > tripod. The grass was thick and the ground was soft, so aside from > having to clean some mud off the filter on the front of the lens, I > thought no harm was done. Now I wonder if the lever that controls the > aperture setting on the camera was knocked out of alignment. > > Checking Pentax's website I see that "most" SMCP-A lenses are no longer > serviced. For folks familiar with the lens mechanism - any thoughts > about how repairable a problem like this might be? > > I looks like I can work around the problem by setting exposure comp to > -1 stop and the aperture one stop smaller than I really want. but then I > > can't stop down beyond f22 (not that I want but someday I might) and, > well, I just want it to work properly... > > Any advice would be appreciated... > > - MCC > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, Michigan > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
