On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:13:03 -0500, you wrote: >After speaking with Pentax USA and having no luck cleaning the contacts, >I'm going to send them the *istD body and the FA 50, FA 100 macro, and >the FA 135. Although it seems funny, they still think it might be the >lenses even though they work on the MZ-S and the ZX-7. What really >confused them was that the aperture wouldn't register AND the AF won't >engage. I'll wait a week, however, so I can use the camera over the >holidays (since it works with other lenses). > > >Steven Desjardins >Department of Chemistry >Washington and Lee University >Lexington, VA 24450 >(540) 458-8873 >FAX: (540) 458-8878 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's a lot of gear to send. May I caution you to have everything insured yourself before you send it, with something like an all-risks policy. Pentax USA screwed me out of an thousand-dollar A* 200/4 Macro several years back. I sent it for repair, I never got it back, and Pentax in Colorado refused to file a claim with UPS. Luckily for me this lens was covered by my State Farm all-risks policy, which paid off immediately, or else I would have been left holding a very empty bag. I should have took my own advice recently. I sold a piece of gear on ebay, sent it uninsured because the guy declined to pay for the insurance, he now says he did not get it, and it looks like I will be out my gear and having to pay a refund. Rats. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
