On Mar 11, 2011, at 13:47 , Bruce Walker wrote: > Anecdotally, it sounds like Pentax has learned from the earlier-gen 16-50 and > 50-135 on how to make the later-gen 17-70 and 60-250 more reliable. Your 200 > may be an outlier. :-) > > My 16-50 has never given me trouble (touch wood), but my 50-135 SDM failed > completely and was repaired under warranty. It has worked well since. > > My 55 has never failed to focus consistently no matter how long I've gone > between uses of it. > > BTW, Joseph: your 50-135 symptoms sound just like mine before it died. If > it's under warranty still, I'd get it to repair pronto.
It was received 11/14/2008, along with the rest of the DA* lenses and non-DA*'s as well. No joy there. My newest lens is the 60-250, purchased July 2009. When I need to use the 50-135, I just exercise it for a few minutes prior to shooting. Sometimes have to do the same at times when I'm shooting. It's a pain. But having to buy a used car after 15 years of not making any car payments will keep me on the edge for four years. I'll have to sell many of my non-DA lenses over the next few months to stay afloat. And all my camera bodies other than the K10 and K-7 must go. Not using them, no reason to keep them. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- 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.
