Ugh. A little research into the repair of this lens has proved discouraging... Purchased from KEH in May 2012, LN- condish, for $900. (a good deal at the time, new versions going for close to $1200 retail, IIRC) . Now, KEH lists same lens, EX+ rating, selling for less than half of that... and current price for new is... also about half of what it used to be.
Selling, as-is, less repair costs... hardly seems worth it now. Repair & keep is an option, but, it feels like throwing good money after bad... Good news for anyone considering this lens -- the time to buy is now, apparently. -c On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I just sent my 16-50 off to Precision for repair and when it came back the > mount for the hood was on crooked: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157663635484184 > They did send me a shipping label to send it back, but they sent me a > "ground shipping" label rather than second day, which means it will take a > week to get there. > > I'm not happy with them at all. When I mentioned this on the Pentaxians > group on facebook, it was mentioned that KEH will repair Pentax lenses. > > Precision charges $214 to repair a lens (including a bit extra for second > day air return postage). I'd be inclined to suggest that you sell the lens > as-is for about $250 less than you would with it fixed, and let the new > owner get the fresh warranty on the repair. > > > Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Where are we sending lenses for SDM repairs these days? Is CRIS still >> around? Is there a better place (in the US)? >> >> I have a 16-50 that gave up on me a couple years ago... So, it's time. ;) >> >> That lens, and a handful of other items (fa 24-90, a k-7, *ist-dl, maybe a >> k-5, etc) could be up for grabs in the not too distant future. Time to clean >> out, momma just might get a new camera this spring! >> >> :) >> >> Thanks, >> >> -c >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
