With respect: Somebody referring back to information they vaguely remember seeing in your original post doesn't count as a confirmation.
It's still a far-fetched explanation that seems to fly in the face of everything that we know about possible technological implementations. On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:11:14AM +0100, eckinator wrote: > I remember when I posted that info as received from Pentax German HQ > most of the list were calling PHQ liars and the explanation > impossible... oh well =) > > 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>: > > > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Just before I boxed up this lens for shipping to C R I S for repair I > >> thought I'd pop it back onto my K20D just to see if it would auto focus as > >> it had not consistently auto focused for quite some time (bought new in > >> 2/09) - and guess what - it began to auto focus, intermittently at first, > >> and the longer it stayed on the camera body, the less frequently it > >> refused to auto focus. > >> > >> It seems (?) to be auto focusing alright at the moment. > >> > >> I had previously done all the usual - check contacts, switched the lens > >> auto/manual focus switch etc all to no avail. > >> > >> Any ideas out there as to what the heck is going on with this lens? > >> > >> Doesn't make sense to sent it in for repair since it now appears to be > >> functioning ok, but I don't know how it will perform the next time I go to > >> use it. It is probably my least used lens. > >> > >> I remember some discussion here about the lens needing to be on the camera > >> body for awhile for it to auto function properly - something about > >> charging IIRC. > > > > I remember hearing something about SDM lenses needing a few minutes to > > power up. That doesn't seem to be true of any of mine. I do make a point of > > using them all from time to time. My 60-250 and 16-50 both get a lot of use > > just as a matter of need. But I make an effort to mount my least-used > > 50-135 from time to time as well, just to give it a workout. > > Paul > >> > >> Kenneth Waller > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >> > >> -- > >> 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. -- 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.
