On Sep 17, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorrry to hear - but I thought at first you had a nice travel job and were > going there yourself ! I wish. I've never been there but hope to make it some day. Perhaps I should have escorted the lens? It's probably going to cost almost as much anyway:-). Paul > > ann > > On 9/17/2013 16:00, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> As I mentioned a while back, I fell while shooting the Woodward Dream Cruise >> this year. I managed to hold my K-5 and DA* 60-250 aloft, and they weren't >> damaged. But my DA* 16-50 was in a lens case hanging from my shoulder. It >> must have hit the ground, but it looked okay upon inspection. However, when >> I used it I ended up with a number of soft pics. Checking it on a brick >> wall, I found the focus plane was uneven. So I sent it to CRIS. They tell me >> it needs a new front element group and they don't have the tool to do the >> job, so they're shipping it to Japan. Don't know what it will cost yet, but >> there's an upfront $60 estimate fee for this one. They said it usually takes >> six to eight weeks to get a repair from Pentax in Japan. Hope it doesn't go >> any longer than that. >> >> Paul >> > > -- > 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.
