What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. Manual focus is largely in my past. Paul
On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
