sorry, couldn't do that. :-) even if forever stuck at 2.8 it would still be a nice lens (well, apart from minor details like weight, size)
originally I bought it for low light conditions anyway (and because I needed a replacement after some uninvited visitor(s) abused my absence to releive me from an FA 80-210 3.5-5.6 (or so?) with which I had gotten dissatisfied anyway) "Peter Fairweather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hardly worth the cost of repair. I'll take it off your hands if you > pay half the postage ;>) > > > On 05/06/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like a classic example of a sticky aperture lever. Flip the lever > > on the lens a couple times, if it's at all slow in returning, get the > > lens CLA'd. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > Axel Belinfante wrote: > > > I just subscribed to the list, essentially to ask the question below. > > > > > > I recently got myself a K10d. When I use the kit 18-55 mm > > > and a FA*28-70 f/2.8 everything seems to work fine. > > > > > > However, with my FA*80-200 f/2.8 (aperture ring set to A) > > > I seem to get consistent overexposure (2 stops or so?), > > > _except_ when using it fully open (at 2.8) using the > > > hyper-program shifting or by using Av mode at 2.8. > > > > > > It almost makes me feel there is something wrong with > > > the way the camera tries to set aperture on the lens > > > (which would explain why it works fine at 2.8: > > > then it doesn't have to do anything so it works). > > > Would that be a valid explanation? > > > > > > Setting aperture using the ring on the lens, and > > > then using lcd-preview gives me correct (not overexposed) > > > preview shots. > > > > > > I have not been using the lens so much recently; in the > > > somewhat longer past I've been using it on a Z1 shooting > > > slides (last serious usage about a year ago, at the coast) > > > and I don't recall this kind of consistent overexposure. > > > I should probably just do some test shots with the Z1 > > > but haven't found the time. > > > > > > Sending the stuff in to pentax service, or even better, > > > visiting them, would have been another option except > > > that the dutch pentax service told me they send these > > > kind of things to pentax europe in Hamburg > > > (which doesn't really matter, except that if the dutch > > > pentax service in Breda would still have existed I would > > > just have visited them there and explained the issue) > > > and except for the wrong-time-of-the-year problem > > > (I've been told that due to holiday season it might > > > take weeks until I would get it back :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't know if this is the right forum for these kind of questions; > > > I have seen there are multiple pentax forums out there, but don't > > > know how they differ. Any thoughts? > > > > > > Minor suggestion: inclusion of (pointer to) PDML mini-faq > > > on the mailing list web page (and/or in list welcome message) > > > could be useful, if only to be able to appreciate the acronyms. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Axel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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
