Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so?
Regards Bob... --------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings." -- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) ----- Original Message ----- >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" >> >>> 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.
