This morning while at Radnor Lake for a "sunrise service" I used the Pentax 18-55 and it did fine on 18 so I am thinking it is indeed the quirky 28-80mm. There was something else that I noticed in some of the photo captures when I was creating a capture that had solid color it pixelated some areas of the solid area. Luckily not all photos were affected by the banding/pixilation.
Jeffery ________________________________ Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:45 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Interesting effect with lens On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > Today while at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum I was using > the SMC Pentax FA 28-80 3.5-5.6 and something odd was happening. I > would be at 28mm it would not focus at a distance but when I would > move it more toward the 80mm mark it would then focus. I am not sure > if something is going wrong with the lens or what the deal was with it > today. Anything close up it would be okay at 28mm but when focusing > several feet or more away it wouldn't focus correctly. Do you have another wide lens to try it with, to see whether it's the lens or the body? My K10D has this exact same fault, it can't lock on distant subjects with a lens any wider than about 28mm. At the moment I don't have the budget to send it away for repair, nor do I have a spare body, so I just put up with it. It doesn't really seem to get in the way at all. Dave -- 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. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4880 - Release Date: 03/19/12 -- 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.
