well, if Pentax is really putting out as many bad lenses as been reported lately, it really is bad news. This is just another reason why I like the older screw, K, and A lenses. The quality on those series is remarkably consistant.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:44 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble 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<[email protected]> 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:[email protected]) > Home Page - www.jchriso.com > Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 > [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. > -- Boris -- 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.
