I fell when shooting the dream cruise last August. Busted up the hood, but the lens was still working fine, so I didn’t think much of it and replaced the hood. Used it quite a bit after that with no problems. Then just this past March, it kind of just fell apart. The zoom jammed and the focus motor quit. Sent it to CRIS, and they said it had obviously taken a hit on the front of the lens that had broken an internal part of the barrel, which knocked out the motor. I suspect whatever piece finally broke had been damaged in the fall but hung on for a while. Tested the repaired lens today and it’s perfect in terms of flat field. Focus dial in took just a -1 adjustment, and it locks on fast. Very pleased. The bill was around $280. Not bad, IMO.
Paul On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:37 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul: Nice! And what happened to your trusty DA* 60-250? > Cheers, Christine > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually had a chance to take some pictures that weren’t for a job today. >> Shot with the DA* 60-250, newly rebuilt by CRIS, and the Pentax 1.5 >> converter. 350 mm focal length, f5.6, 1/1000th, ISO 800. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17783174&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. -- 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.
