I suspect that quality control issues are what has delayed the DA* 60-250. Hopefully, this long delay is a sign that Pentax is revising manufacturing and/or quality control procedures.
My first DA* 16-50 was defective (misaligned focus plane). My second one is great. My DA* 50-135 was fine, and I haven't heard many complaints about that lens. Paul On Aug 6, 2008, at 9:22 AM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antti-Pekka Virjonen" > Subject: RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems > > > >> I am a bit hesitant to buy another DA* lens now. Should I sell all my >> Pentax gear and follow Cotty to the dark side now ;-)? >> > > I would be very hesitant about buying any Pentax lens via mail > order at this > point, I am hearing far too many quality control complaints to > trust them to > be able to put a piece of equipment together properly. > I think it is appalling that a lens as expensive as the 16-50 has > generated > as many complaints as it has. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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.
