Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. > Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. > Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... > ----------------- > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. > > The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be > about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on > an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I > started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning > the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple > assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather > started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't > get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another > lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get > in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That > 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of > each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA > 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. > > In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind > of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. > > Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
