Murphy's Law of parts departments: If you have the part in stock you will never need it again. It will sit on the shelf until the end of time.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Hello PDML: > > Well, I sent in my FA 50mm f1.4 & my DA* 50-135mm f2.8 in to CRIS. The FA > returned pretty quick--just got it an hour ago, and looks to be ok. Here are > two quickie test shots. Metadata is above the photo. > > http://www.caguila.com/darreltest/index.html > > I'm getting a replacement motor for the DA*. I purchased the lens 4th > quarter of 2007, and this is the first repair I've had on the lens--so that > makes nearly a 6 year run with absolutely no hiccups until this recent > service. Not too bad I guess. > > Curious thing about the replacement motor though. The service guy at CRIS > said they had to order the part, which seem well curious to me. Isn't > replacing the motor a common repair? Wouldn't they have motors on hand? > > Anyway, the DA* repair takes about two-four weeks. I got the FA 50mm back 10 > days after I called to give go-ahead on repairs after getting estimate via > email. > > Well, so far, so good. Keep your fingers crossed for the DA*. > > Cheers, Christine > > P.S. Still keeping up with PAW but the last three shots are so boring I > decided to spare the list the pain. :-) > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
