Paul, the SDM motor on my DA 17-70 failed within 9 months. Pentax got it back to me just a week before our current trip. There are reports of replacement motors failing, too. Hoping for the best...
Rick On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 16:20 Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote: > I don’t think you have to worry about SDM problems with a new DA* 300. The > newer motors seem fine. Reports of failure are now rare. > > Paul > > > On May 18, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i recently used for 4 days the FA* 300/4.5 of a friend and liked it > > quite a bit. i've been looking at buying (may be, perhaps) the FA* 400 > > and would love to hear perspectives/opinions of those who have used it: > > the IQ, how it handles, etc... > > > > the only source for them is of course Ebay, mostly from Korean/Japanese > > sellers. i am a little wary of buying the DA* 300 because of the SDM > > problems... > > > > i can buy the DFA 150-450 but it is prohibitively expensive here. for > > the price, i can buy a nikon d7200 and the nikkor 200-500/5.6...., > > which is another option... > > > > thanks for your inputs. appreciate them. > > > > ~subash > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
