Wow! Glad you're ok and the lens is now ok. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > -- 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.
