Thanks Bruce. i shot about a dozen pics of Grace yesterday morning, and I was surprised to discover that about half of them were objectionably soft and many were at least a little soft. Checked my DA* 16-50/2.8 against a brick wall this afternoon at f2.8 and discovered that the focus field is off kilter. When the right side of frame is in focus, the left side is seriously out of focus. That's the same problem that plagued early samples of this lens. I had sent my first one back immediately after I purchased it, and B&H replaced it with this one. I checked it when it was new, and it was right on. I'm quite sure it continued to be right on over the last few years. But two weeks ago, when shooting the dream cruise, I took a nasty spill. I held the camera and mounted DA* 60-250 aloft, and they seemed to have come through unscathed. But the 16-50 was in a lens bag hanging from a strap on my shoulder. It looked fine but may have taken a pretty nard hit. In any case, it's off to CRIS for re pair. I count it as an unavoidable maintenance expense, but I hate to be without it. I'll have to get by with the DA 12-24 and FA 35/2. Could be worse I guess.
Paul On Sep 4, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > A very high wattage smile, Paul. She's lovin' it! :-) > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17518583 >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
