Oh I don't know, teenagers can have a strange effect on all manner and kinds of equipment LOL
John ________________________________________ From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist [pnstenqu...@comcast.net] Sent: 22 March 2009 16:37 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lens travel kit dilemma John, I suspect that if your lens doesn't produce excessive CA in normal use it won't suddenly succumb to the pressure of shooting a group:-) On Mar 22, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Mar 22, 2009, at 4:53, John Whittingham wrote: > >> Hi Charles >> >> That does look quite unusual, especially for a lens stopped down @ >> f/5.6. I have to shoot large groups once a year for my employer. >> the 16-50 would be my choice of lens this year, now I'm having some >> reservations. >> > > It's been to service 3 times now... I need to to some testing to see > if it's that severe still. > > And, to be fair, the first service was due to a loose screw in the > base of the barrel... the 2nd time was focus issues... and the third > time was to repair damage I did when I dropped my camera bag (I > never sent it in to "fix that awful CA"). > > However, with that many visits to the bench - including the rebuild > of the front of the barrel that last time - it's likely that > whatever did that isn't doing it anymore. Fingers crossed! > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
