Hello there :-).
Recently, I bought a cheap DA* 16-50/2.8 with broken SDM that was
converted to screw-driven AF. Unfortunately, it would seem that the lens
got damaged during postal transfer. So, I had to take it to the local
service center today.
This is only minor trouble, really.
The major trouble is that the company that was official Pentax dealer
all these years has stopped selling Pentax cameras and lenses in Israel.
They are still providing service (such as they've taken my lens for
examination and in few days I'll know what would be its fate), and their
technicians are participating in Pentax gear workshops, however e.g. I
couldn't find K-3ii offered anywhere... The person who took my lens even
mentioned that nowadays everyone is buying their cameras abroad, so...
There is a number of gray-market dealers, that offer Pentax gear. The
problem is that their service is such that I wouldn't touch them even
with the very long stick.
It seems that I am being forced out of Pentax gear... A year or two more
and then I will have to look for replacement for my really old gear. The
replacement will probably be of a different brand all together...
Sad news...
Boris
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