On Jul 12, 2007, at 4:01 PM, John Francis wrote: > My 80-200 has developed a problem; when it is zoomed to the > wide end (80mm) it can't achieve infinity focus (or even > anything further away than maybe 20' from the camera). > > Unfortunately I discovered this when I was reviewing the > photographs I took of the Tour de France as the peleton > passed by me - of the 40 or so shots I took in the short > time it took the peleton to pass only one is in focus :-( > Still, at least the one in-focus shot is the first one, > showing the leaders, and is the nicest composition. So > although I only got one shot, it is a fairly good one. > > I guess it's time the lens got sent to Pentax for a CLA. > Any news on when we can expect the SDM 50-135?
Sorry about the FA* 80-200. The DA* 50-135/2.8 SDM lens is supposed to start shipping here before the end of July. I have two DA* 16-50/2.8 and two DA* 50-135/2.8 coming from Pentax and my contact there said mid-July a week ago so I anticipate them soon. Bryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
