You shouldn't have to deal with defective merchandise. But having said that, it may be part of the territory when you're "first on the block." Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I reported a few days ago that my DA* 16-50 F2.8 will not autofocus to > infinity at 16 mm on my K20D. It works just fine if I zoom to 50 mm. The > lens works just fine also on my K10D. > > Since I leave for Italy tomorrow, Calumet kindly sent me a new K20D > overnight. So I did the initial set up, put on the DA* 16-50, set it to > 16 mm, found a suitable distant subject and... > > nothing has changed. It still won't focus beyond about 2 m when the lens > is zoomed to 16 mm. > > Well, a little has changed. It will now focus to infinity sometimes at > 16 mm, but not consistently. I have found, though, that if I set the > lens to 18 mm it autofocuses to infinity just fine. Back to 16 mm and it > won't. > > So I guess that means that my DA* 16-50 is defective rather than the > K20D. Since my DA* 50-135 arrived with a loose lens element rattling > around inside, that means that my first two DA* lenses were both > defective. Good show, Pentax. > > So now I have to decide whether to take the DA* lenses and chance losing > shots taken with the 16-50, or leave the zooms at home and take the > three DA limiteds. But I haven't tried those yet on the K20D. > > Incidentally, I emailed Pentax a few days ago to inquire about this and > so far have had no response. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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