OH, don't say that, ecke! ;) Again! I think you may be referring to what my brother calls "drag ass" drivers.?
Jack --- On Wed, 4/14/10, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: SDM in Cold Weather > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 11:25 AM > 16-50 took a second of thinking > before sdm moved after being taken out > from +20°C into -13°C and seemed a wee wee wee bit slow > after that, > sort of "driver's butt slow" if you know what I mean, i.e. > not > discernible to anyone else. it did the same once after that > without a > huge temperature drop so while my feeling attributes it to > rapid > cooling of the outside of the lens, it may have also been > just a sign > of SDM being on the way out yet again > hth ecke > > 2010/4/14 Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com>: > > Something I've been meaning to ask about. Has anyone > had the experience of shooting with an SDM lens, fresh out > of the bag from a warm car and into early morning air chilly > enough to produce visible breath fog. > > This happened one morning while at the coast DA* > 50~135). AF felt as though it were operating in at least > cool molasses. I was attempting to track some birds in > flight and had to pick them up early and try holding focus > awaiting the shutter. > > Later in the day, I took it out into the warming sun > for a few minutes and tried it again. This time it seemed to > be normally quick in response. > > I was relieved, but made me wonder if it's starting to > wimp out. K20D battery appeared to be fully charged. > > Any such experiences? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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.
