I have tested this on my own K-7 and DA*16-50. I wanted to find out if this is a good solution for me and I did the test before the warranty went out. I found it to be perfectly good. It focuses just as fast as SDM, but with more noise of course. So I decided to not send my lens in and complain about slow SDM after all. I could wait to complete break down and continue with the "old" focusing instead.
Regards Stig Vidar Hovland ________________________________________ Fra: PDML [[email protected]] på vegne av Boris Liberman [[email protected]] Sendt: 22. august 2013 09:09 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Giving up on Pentax (probably) Well, it was easier than I thought. Here is the link: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/208353-how-deactivate-sdm-silent-autofocus-allow-screw-drive-autofocus-da-16-50mm-f-2-8-a.html On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > The last straw has been that my DA* 16-50 has stopped auto-focussing > again. The internal motor was replaced a couple of years ago (so out > of warranty) and now it looks like there's another couple of hundred > quid to be spent on it. And yes, I've cleaned all of the contacts and > yes, my DA* 50-135 works OK on my only remaining K-7 body. > > So the decision's nearly made to sell off the K-7, DA* 16-50 (either > repaired or as is), DA* 50-135, a lovely F*300 4.5 (the one with the > tripod mount), an FA-135 2.8 (probably my favourite lens ever) and an > FA-50 1.7. I'll put the proceeds towards a backup Fuji X body and get > the excellent 55 - 200 zoom to cover the long end of the range and to > sit alongside my growing collection of Fuji X primes. I'll keep a > number of MF lenses so may still be able to appear in the PDML > annual... > > Any guidance on how to price? Or if anyone's interested in making me > any sensible offers, contact me off list and I'll get more details and > photos arranged and we can sort out logistics. > > Yours sadly, Chris > > -- > 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. -- Boris -- 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.
