I guess, but both of my replacement motors have been great for years. The new lenses don’t have SDM motors, they have a rugged DC motor.
Paul > On May 20, 2018, at 7:19 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [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.
