In a message dated 11/7/02 4:24:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << There is some dust inside this 200mm, so to the 1st one I returned. However, what concerns me is the scratches present behind the 1st element (on 2nd or 3rd I think). There are many of them in all different directions actually, not circular. It definitely looks like cleaned by hand. When the light was pointed from different angle, cleaning marks were revealed too (but totally invisible if if the light was point directly). This is my only brand new lens with so many scratches and cleaning marks. My 2ndhand F*300/4.5 has cleaning marks too, but not scratch. My brand new FA100/2.8 has 1 hairline scratch inside, but this 200 has a lot. All my other Pentax lenses are fine even after years of use. Since this is the 4th lens that I have tried recently (and all 4 are faulty), I think I am ready to give up and ask for a full refund. I have known there are qc problem with Pentax products for years, but I have never expected to be so unlucky. Looks like I won't be buying any Pentax lenses in the near future. :(
regards, Alan Chan >> Think of it this way. If you go to the zoo and want to photograph an animal in its cage but there are bars between you and the animal, what do you do? You open the lens up, put the lens right up to the bars and voila they disappear. Now what you have are microscopic hairs and stuff on your 200mm lens. If the lens makes big bars disappear do you really think a little dust is going to cause a problem? Get out there and use it, don't sweat it. Vic
