John, I am sorry to tell you, but both my DA 21/3.2 (with me here) focuses perfectly and that my focusing screen is just fine. Also, if you shoot from like 10 meters at f/8, the DOF has to be reasonable, whereas I don't see a single piece of the area allegedly in focus that is actually there. This lens is out of whack and back it goes to B&H. I will solve it in a different way. Meanwhile, Galia will be shooting with one of the lenses that I have that I know are working fine.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM, J.C. O'Connell<hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > I would do a bracketed focus test, focussing initially > normally, but then a series of manually focussed in front > of and behind the initial focus. Maybe the focus screen > is out of whack? Maybe not, just a bad lens. But you need > to shoot the bracketed focus to confirm its not the camera/screen > to be sure. > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) > Home Page - www.jchriso.com > Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Boris Liberman > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:05 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: FA 50/1.4 trouble > > > Hi guys. > > After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 > for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. > Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens is soft at > f/8 outdoors focused manually by the split screen. It is going back to > B&H but honestly, I am very disheartened by this. This is something that > should be just flawless, but it is anything but(t). > > *sigh* > > -- > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
