Other than giving a one year warranty, I couldn't get an answer from them as to whether the compound element that fails has been changed in any way. Many of these took several years to fail, so only time would tell.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > mike wilson > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:02 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Reply from Pentax on FA28-70/4 repair. > > > > > > > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2006/07/15 Sat PM 08:33:14 GMT > > To: "PDML" <PDML@pdml.net> > > Subject: Reply from Pentax on FA28-70/4 repair. > > > > As most of you will recall I've been trying to get an answer from > > Pentax as to whether they can fix the fogged/cracked element in > > the FA 28-70 lens. > > Sent it to Colorado last week, got a snail-mail reply today. > > > > Well, the good news is that they _can_ fix it. > > Sounds like they'll pretty much rebuild the whole thing. > > The bad news is that it will run $87.00. ;-( > > Not sure it's really worth it. I'll have to decide. > > > > Don > > Is it a "permanent" fix? > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
