True. I've gone months without using the DA* 50-135, and it's still fine. I have three SDM lenses, and the 60-250 failure is my first. Not terrible.
On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > William Robb wrote: > >> It is a lens I use rarely, I've heard that this is harder on the SDM >> lenses than daily use. > > I'm suspicious of the "more likely to fail if not used regularly" > idea. I bought one of the first 16-50/2.8 SDM lenses when it first > came out and it's been fine despite often going months without use. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.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. -- 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.

