This is one of those cases where the right thing forb Pentax to do is say this lens is a lemon and send you a new one.
John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: >Yesterday I shipped my DA* 16-50 off to Pentax/CRIS for repair. It >would focus when the focal length was wider than 28mm, but beyond that >it could never get a focus lock. Even high-contrast objects would >befuddle the thing. > >Before you suggest it was a camera problem rather than the lens, I >tested it on a K10D, K-7 and someone else's K-5. Same results every >time. I have no idea why it would behave this way. It would usually >get close to focusing properly, but the camera could never confirm >focus. Even in manual focus it wouldn't give me a focus confirmation. >Strangest problem I've ever seen. > >This is the third time I've had to send the lens in for focus-related >repair. The first two times it was because the motor had seized up. As >I've said before, this sort of performance makes me think twice about >buying an SDM lens again in the future. > >John > >-- >http://www.jacelio.com > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
