Faintly? Does it have the vapors?
On 3/7/2014 4:43 PM, Paul Stenquist 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.
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