I just had a very good experience with Pentax Service. Some may recall that I dropped my AF 540FGZ on its nose. On a hard floor. The zoom motor quit working and the case and wide angle diffuser were damaged. I sent it to Pentax Colorado. They fixed it for $119. I got it back today, and it's as good as new. Shot with it this afternoon. Looks new as well.
I also had a good experience with my K10D, which didn't focus correctly with DA* lenses, although it was fine with other autofocus lenses. Sent it in without the lenses, which I need on a regular basis. It too came back working perfectly. My K20D has focused very nicely from the start. Some minor adjustments of focal points proved beneficial with some of my lenses, but I have no complaints. It's been a great workhorse of a camera. I have 15,000 exposures on it now. Paul On Sep 17, 2008, at 5:25 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Scott Loveless > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Joseph McAllister wrote: >>> In June, I sent my K10 D and an old FA 28-105 mm lens in for repair. >>> >>> What I got back was a K10 D with the firmware updated to 1.30 and >>> focus that was much better, though still needing to be auto-focused >>> twice to get a sharp photo, and still poor predictive AF. And no >>> eyecup replacement, just the plastic base of it still in place. >>> >>> And i got back a lens that had been repaired so it worked fine in AF >>> except at the extreme of 28 mm, where it still cinched slightly. And >>> it focused at infinity at all focal lengths. And no charge at all. >>> >>> Now, I have to send my K100 in before it's extended warranty is up >>> next month. I don't like it's focus abilities either. But I guess >>> I'd >>> better send in a couple of my lenses as well, so some matching >>> can be >>> done. I'd like to send in my K20 as well, as it's AF is abysmal, but >>> they might just tell me I can use special functions and to do the >>> calibration myself! And I would be without two camera bodies and my >>> best lenses for 3 to 6 weeks. >>> >>> What to do? >> >> Switch to Canon? ;-) Seriously, though, there seem to be a bunch of >> focus issues lately. Do the other makes have these problems, or >> is it >> just us? > > No its not just us.:-) > > D1 had bad back focus, mostly in lowish light. They refused to > acknowledge the problem but would fix it if you sent it in. > > Go figure. > > I have heard the Canon MK III (what ever the new one is) has focus > issues. > > Dave > > Dave >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> New Cumberland, PA >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > 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.
