2010/8/15 Joseph McAllister <[email protected]>: > > Mine has not broken yet. However, I getting really pissed at Pentax. My > *60-250 behave pretty much the same way, and there is no lock at all to > prevent it from slipping to full zoom when pointed down, or to some > percentage of full when just resting the camera on my chest waiting for an > image to reveal itself before me.
Exactly the one thing I've always hated about the 18-250. And it doesn't just slip down, it drops.No resistance whatsoever. I tried putting some ultrathin glueless display protector foil around one inner barrel to slow it down but no go so I took it off again. Cheers Ecke ---------------- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark too read. -- 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.

