But are they recent serial numbers or just recent purchases? I'd be surprised if the defective copies were still making it out the door at Pentax. But I guess anything is possible. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of > recent lenses with the same issue over on the flickr Pentax group I > moderate. > > -Adam > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The uneven focus on some DA* 16-50 lenses is a manufacturing defect > > that plagued some early samples of this lens. I don't know if it can > > be fixed. You should have returned it to the store where you bought > > it. Hopefully, Pentax will replace it. > > Paul > > > > On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Mark Erickson wrote: > > > >> I hate to be a buzzkill, but.... > >> > >> I sent an FA* 300mm F4.5 lens back to Colorado for repair a few > >> years ago. > >> It came back to me horrible mis-calibrated (blurry at all > >> apertures), so I > >> sent it back. The second time I got it back it was dialed in and very > >> sharp. > >> > >> I sent my DA* 16-50 back this spring due to uneven sharpness across > >> the > >> frame. It came back worse than when I sent it. So it's back in > >> Colorado > >> again. I'm hoping it comes back in better condition. > >> > >> Maybe I'm a "second time's the charm" guy.... > >> > >> > >> Jack wrote: > >>> > >>> Nor I, Paul. > >>> > >>> Jack > >>> > >>> > >>>> Ken wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Same here Paul. > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Paul wrote: > >>>>>> I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax > >>>>>> Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. > >>>>>> Paul > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > the directions. > > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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