I would do a bracketed focus test, focussing initially normally, but then a series of manually focussed in front of and behind the initial focus. Maybe the focus screen is out of whack? Maybe not, just a bad lens. But you need to shoot the bracketed focus to confirm its not the camera/screen to be sure. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:05 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: FA 50/1.4 trouble Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens is soft at f/8 outdoors focused manually by the split screen. It is going back to B&H but honestly, I am very disheartened by this. This is something that should be just flawless, but it is anything but(t). *sigh* -- Boris -- 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.
