LOL On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Mark Stringer <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. Makes me think a bridge camera with a mega zoom might be the new path. > Breaks, just throw it away and get the latest one. > > > On 4/22/2016 6:46 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> >> So after no less than 3 trips to Precision my "lucky" third K-3 has >> returned today and I have yet to find anything wrong with it. >> Hopefully the sealing is still good. I fully intend on finding out in >> the next thunderstorm we get. >> >> I decided to send them my 12-24 finally at the same time after letting >> it collect dust for a couple of years. I had heard incorrectly that >> they couldn't be serviced, but I figured I would at least find out. >> Turns out they can service them, but not in America. The round trip to >> Japan was a month and a half and it came back looking like a brand new >> lens along with my K-3. I took some test shots and after a little >> focus adjustment it looks like the old 12-24 I once knew and loved. >> They left me with the gouged up hood from where it hit the pavement >> though lol. Think pentax wants me to buy a new lens hood? :) >> >> This experience has tempted me to send anything outside of warranty >> directly to Japan for service. It was $250 to rebuild the lens. >> Strangely I don't think they replaced the rear part of the lens so I >> guess my self repair on the stripped screw threads is holding pretty >> well. >> >> The K-3 from precision was another story. I sent them a K-3, a 20-40 >> and a 55-300, both of which were decentered. The 55-300 came back >> decentered even worse. I had no hopes that they would fix my 20-40 >> properly. I complained. Pentax sent me brand new lenses that were much >> better. The K-3 came back and the AF points in the viewfineder were >> completely in the wrong place. I sent it back. When it came back the >> camera was overexposing in daylight by about two stops. Something was >> miscalibrated. Back it went that day. It seems fine, but I haven't had >> any broad daylight to test it with. I would hope that they wouldn't >> let the same problem happen twice. >> >> Total repair time: 2 months. Not great at all. Not after all this time >> they have had to get their act together at precision. I did get two >> decent replacements for my lenses so I really have to thank Pentax for >> doing that for me. I have been told by some people that things are >> changing in that regard and that the service situation will be greatly >> improved. I really hope so. This is the kind of stuff that makes >> people ditch systems, especially working pros. Not having a 2nd body >> for a long time really cramped my style and forced me to swap lenses >> constantly which in the thick of things is the last thing you want to >> be pissing around with and missing shots. My k-7 is passable as a 2nd >> body in good light but that's about it. I wouldn't try to shoot an >> indoors event with it unless I had some pretty fast glass attached. >> >> Hoping for some sun this weekend. :) >> > > -- > 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.
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