Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-10 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: 2. If you want to read about QC problems, scroll through a Canon forum someday. Check *this* out: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9068-9357 I was talking to my Henrys rep last

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Mine also. Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Aug 9, 2008, at 7:55 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently someone had to get it. Bob Blakely wrote: Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? Regards Bob...

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-09 Thread P. J. Alling
Apparently someone had to get it. Bob Blakely wrote: Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? Regards Bob... --- I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Last time I wrote: -Original Message- From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:10 AM I just got a note that my K10D is back from warranty service (just slightly over 1 week, I'm happy to have the official Pentax warranty service in my city). I don't know yet if

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Rick Womer
Well... 1. Cotty's favorite lenses are (ummm...) modified Pentax lenses. 2. If you want to read about QC problems, scroll through a Canon forum someday. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 8/6/08, Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The body was fine in the tests.

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: 2. If you want to read about QC problems, scroll through a Canon forum someday. Check *this* out: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9068-9357 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen Subject: RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems I am a bit hesitant to buy another DA* lens now. Should I sell all my Pentax gear and follow Cotty to the dark side now ;-)? I would be very hesitant about buying

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
, and I haven't heard many complaints about that lens. Paul On Aug 6, 2008, at 9:22 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen Subject: RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems I am a bit hesitant to buy another DA* lens now. Should I

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Fernando
That was an interesting read; thanks for that On 8/6/08, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: 2. If you want to read about QC problems, scroll through a Canon forum someday. Check *this* out: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9068-9357 -- PDML

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems I suspect that quality control issues are what has delayed the DA* 60-250. Hopefully, this long delay is a sign that Pentax is revising manufacturing and/or quality

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Joseph Tainter
I suspect that quality control issues are what has delayed the DA* 60-250. Hopefully, this long delay is a sign that Pentax is revising manufacturing and/or quality control procedures. Maybe they will rehire Nguyen. William Robb - That would help, but the problem now is that they

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Bob Blakely
Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? Regards Bob... --- I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread George Sinos
Mine either worked out of the box or I can't tell it's bad. It looks great to me. GS On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? Regards Bob...

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:57:00AM -0700, Bob Blakely wrote: Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? No. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Blakely wrote: Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? You're not! Mine has also been great from the word go. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Derby Chang
Mark Roberts wrote: Rick Womer wrote: 2. If you want to read about QC problems, scroll through a Canon forum someday. Check *this* out: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9068-9357

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Blakely Subject: Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and continues to do so? No, but there have been a remarkable number of QC complaints off that lens. Far more

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-08-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
No, you are not alone. I got the first one on the list, I think, and it has been fine all along. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 10:57:00 AM, you wrote: BB Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and BB continues to do so? BB Regards BB Bob... BB

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-04-23 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
I wrote: Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:42 PM It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity but instead focuses a lot closer when shooting landscapes for example (front focus?). This seems to happen more at the wide end (16mm) of the lens. Shooting portraits or other

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-04-23 Thread David J Brooks
Good to hear. I'm still seeing problems with my K10D and a few of my DA lenses, but my FA lenses seem ok. I'll be sending the camera and lenses in, to see what needs adjusting. Dave On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote: Sent: Wednesday,

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-28 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Antti, what you are describing is a lens with a defect--apparently a fairly common defect. Your images still appear approximately okay because at 16 mm the depth of field is so great. I agree it being a defect. On the other hand, I could not get any sharper images or better image quality by

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-28 Thread David Savage
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/3/08, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity Is there an echo in here?? is there an echo in here?? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-28 Thread AlunFoto
2008/3/28, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/3/08, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity Is there an echo in here?? is there an echo in

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-28 Thread mike wilson
From: AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/03/28 Fri AM 08:57:19 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems 2008/3/28, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-27 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Subject: Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity but instead focuses a lot closer when shooting landscapes for example (front focus?). This seems to happen more at the wide end (16mm) of the lens. Shooting portraits

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-27 Thread David J Brooks
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Tainter Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:45 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems It seems that my K10D does not focus

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
It appears that at 16mm the lens is not focused all the way to infinity but the resulting pictures of remote objects are still as sharp as they can get (well within DOF) even at f2.8. Antti, what you are describing is a lens with a defect--apparently a fairly common defect. Your images still

K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-26 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Hi, I've been a bit out from the pdml traffic lately. I guess this has been discussed before (and there is a lot of discussion in the web about front or back focus problems), but here goes (again?)... It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity but instead focuses a lot closer

RE: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-26 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
I wrote: ... I've been reading some discussion which suggested the problem is with the SMD and maybe downgrading the firmware to V1.20 would solve the problem (by using the focus motor in the K10D body). ... Ouch, that should have been SDM instead of SMD. Antti-Pekka

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/3/08, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity Is there an echo in here?? . ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: K10D (V1.30 firmware) and DA* 16-50/2.8 focus problems

2008-03-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
It seems that my K10D does not focus correctly at infinity but instead focuses a lot closer when shooting landscapes for example (front focus?). This seems to happen more at the wide end (16mm) of the lens. Shooting portraits or other subjects in the few meters range the focus seems to be right