To add to what others said, screw drive is noisy. SDM is almost silent.

Paul via phone

> On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need to figured out which of the two AF mechanisms in the 50-135 
> lens are actually working at this time.
> 
> The entire story is that I bought a used 50-135/2.8 from KEH,
> and when it arrived, the AF was dead.
> I sent it back for a warranty [KEH] repair, and it came back rather
> quickly. Now, I have a feel that the focus is going slower compared
> to what I remember. 
> 
> So, my suspicion is that in their "repair" they just
> disabled the SDM instead of replacing. But I am not 100% certain, -
> especially since I've never seen how fast or slow the screw-driver 
> focus on this lens was.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
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