Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of recent lenses with the same issue over on the flickr Pentax group I moderate.
-Adam On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The uneven focus on some DA* 16-50 lenses is a manufacturing defect > that plagued some early samples of this lens. I don't know if it can > be fixed. You should have returned it to the store where you bought > it. Hopefully, Pentax will replace it. > Paul > > On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Mark Erickson wrote: > >> I hate to be a buzzkill, but.... >> >> I sent an FA* 300mm F4.5 lens back to Colorado for repair a few >> years ago. >> It came back to me horrible mis-calibrated (blurry at all >> apertures), so I >> sent it back. The second time I got it back it was dialed in and very >> sharp. >> >> I sent my DA* 16-50 back this spring due to uneven sharpness across >> the >> frame. It came back worse than when I sent it. So it's back in >> Colorado >> again. I'm hoping it comes back in better condition. >> >> Maybe I'm a "second time's the charm" guy.... >> >> >> Jack wrote: >>> >>> Nor I, Paul. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> >>>> Ken wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Same here Paul. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Paul wrote: >>>>>> I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax >>>>>> Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. >>>>>> Paul >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
