Have to proofread my missives. How does finally become faintly? Arrrgh. (My spellchecker tried to change that last word to are egg.)
Paul via phone > On Mar 7, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > I bumped my DA* 60-250 when I took a spill last August. It was in a soft lens > case and there was no apparent damage, but the next time I used it the images > were soft in places. Did a brick wall test and discovered that the focus > field was no longer flat. Evidently, the elements had been knocked out of > alignment. Sent it to CRIS. They told me it would have to go to Japan since > they didn’t have the right tools to work on that lens. They said it would > take about eight weeks. I told them that worked for me since I could get by > without it until the auto show in January, at which point I would like to > have it. It came back to me in December. I repeated the brick wall test, and > while it was better, it was still a bit soft on the left side of the frame. > Sent my test pics to CRIS. They said sent the lens back to us. I did; they > tested as well and agreed with my finding. They then contacted Japan. Japan > said it was within spec. I disagreed vehemently. With some help from Ricoh > marketing, and pushing from CRIS, Japan agreed to replace the lens. And Ricoh > marketing loaned by a 17-70 and 16-45 to tide me over. It took another eight > weeks for Pentax to send the replacement. Today, it faintly arrived, almost > exactly six months from the day I first sent the old lens in for repair. But > I’m very appreciative of the help from Ricoh and CRIS, and I can’t really > fault Pentax. They replaced a lens that had been damaged with a new one. > Although I would think they should have been able to repair the old one > satisfactorily. Seems the 16-50 is not only hard to assemble at the factory, > it’s tough to repair as well. Tested the new one and set the fine focus > adjustment. I'm now good to go. So I shot a clock. Like many other clocks > it’s inscribed “Tempus Fugit.” Fugettaboutit. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17702140&size=lg > -- > 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.
