Thanks for your help. Looks like it's not a quick fix. :( I called Tamron and they said that they couldn't give me a quote but that it might be somewhere around $200-350 to fix. So I guess it's back to the seller (unless he'll give me a refund on the price of the repair).
Anyone got one of these they want to sell me? Or a KA Tamron-Pentax adaptall mount (preferably the KA version)? Thanks again, Francis www.islandlight.ca William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francis" > Subject: Help! lens coating separating? > > > >> Bonjour my fine friends! >> I just bought a Tamron 300mm f2.8 through ebay. But there's something >> fishy with it. One of the elements has a blueish water-mark type blemish >> near one edge. Is this the coating separating? Is it likely to increase? >> can it be fixed? >> >> Here are some pictures of the problem: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-fm/2604713874/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-fm/2603886689 >> >> The ebay seller seems to be straight and is willing to refund me. But >> I've been trying to get my hands one of these lenses for three months so >> I'm not that thrilled with the idea. >> >> I would be very grateful for any wisdom or suggestions on the matter. >> > > I'd take the refund. That is an compound element starting to seperate. I > suspect it is > reparable, but it would be a factory repair (sent to Japan), and will not be > cheap. > > William Robb > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1464 - Release Date: 5/24/2008 > 8:56 AM > -- 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.
