On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/08/2013 6:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Well, I got the FA 50 f1.4 back and it seems to be working fine. But can >> you believe it: I'm still waiting for the DA* 50-135mm. Pentax has had it >> since the first week in July. I called the other day, and they have the new >> motor, but the accompanying circuit board is still on back order with Pentax >> Japan. Ugh! >> >> I asked if there was any chance to get it back by Sept. 18th (field trip >> that day), and no promises were given. Bummer. Just can't figure out why >> these parts would be so hard to ship. >> >> Cheers, Christine > Back in about 2002, I sent all three of my LX bodies off to Pentax for > various repair work. They discovered that one of them had a broken circuit > board, and thet my camera had one of the "old style" boards. They had to > order the part from Japan, and Pentax actually had to build the new circuit > board for me from parts. IIRC, it took the better part of 8 months for them > to get the part, get it installed and put the camera back together. > I was very happy regarding what they were willing to do for me, not terribly > surprised at the time it took, but not very happy that they weren't willing > to ship back the two cameras that were fixed until all three could be shipped > back in the same box. > Of course, two years later, the istD came along and I pretty much stopped > shooting film. > > When my 60-250 lost it's ability to auto focus, Pentax Canada was unable to > fix it, and it got an all expenses paid trip to Japan, which extended that > repair out by almost a month. > Sometimes these things just take time. Indeed! And I'm sure I'll be happy with the repair quality. And I am happy they sent the FA 50 back in good time. I shall try to be patient :-). Cheers, Christine -- 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.
