Thanks, Paul. I'll give my imagination a rest. ;) Jack
--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: DA* 50-135 f/2.8 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:26 AM > I've never noticed anything odd about the autofocus on > my copy, other than it's very fast for a Pentax > autofocus lens. I've used it extensively. Along with its > 16-50 sibling, it's one of my most used lenses. > It's great in continuous autofocus as well. I used it in > that mode for that magazine cover pic. > > Yours may have had to smooth out the assembly lubricant a > bit. I doubt that you'll notice any hesitation again. > Paul > On Jan 10, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Just finished (for the moment) checking out a new DA* > 50~135 f/2.8 received yesterday from B&H. > > Right at this moment I'm in love..so to speak. > <ahem> > > A question: When I first used AF, it seemed to be a > bit stiff. I wondered if it might just be tight and would > limber up with use. When refocusing with a substantial > distance between focus points, it 'almost' felt like > it re-focused in a couple stages. > > I just now rechecked the 'issue' and I > don't believe I have one. > > This is largely a way of releasing a little of my pent > up pleasure with the lens' performance, and at the same > time, ask if such a focus anomaly(?) has been experienced by > anyone else. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
