Pretty sad way to market a lens. Hook lens to battery charger or call CAA/AAA for assistance.
Dave On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: > I posted something a few moths ago that sparked the usual discussion > among the informed. the verdict was that the pentax tech was not > telling the truth. I don't care who ultimately knows better but the > pentax tech said to leave it on a powered on camera for some time > without trying to make it focus and then to exercise it manually for a > bit. according to the pentax tech this technique will work if the > drive hasn't failed but is electrically discharged from sitting on a > shelf for too long and needs recharging plus also some help with > overcoming stiction. heck, you could give it a try =) > Ecke > > 2010/11/26 Morris Galloway <[email protected]>: >> Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has >> failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? >> >> The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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.

