On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > Sorry to hear about the SDM failure, but not surprised. > > FWIW-- > > --I am on my third K20D. > > --I am on my third DA* 50-135 F2.8. > > --I will soon be on my third DA* 16-50 F2.8. > > Only one of these was an SDM failure (DA* 50-135 number 2). > > In the space of one year, problematic Pentax gear has cost me images taken in > Italy, China, and Sweden. > > According to Pentax USA these problems are just internet hysteria. > > According to the gang at dpreview, these problems do not exist and one is not > allowed to discuss them in any event. > > I am starting to think about Nikon. It will depend on whether Pentax can send > me a DA* 16-50 that is not optically misaligned. > Amazing. How much do you shoot? I shot 30,000 frames with my K20D -- no problems. My first 16-50 was misaligned but was replaced by B&H within days. The second one has at least 10,000 frames on it, no problems. My DA* 50-135 and 60-250 each have three to five K frames on them with no problems. Oh, and my two *istDs and my K10D were trouble free. And I work all my gear hard. Paul
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