I could accept a little dust, but any scratches, cleaning marks, finger prints or similar are totally unacceptable, expecialy on a lense of that price.
That said i've owned 2 FA* lenses and the glass has been fine in both, they both did have a little dust in them though. Did all these lenses you've had problems with come from the same store? Regards, Paul Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: FA*200/2.8 matter again... > Thanks for everyone whom helped me on the unsmooth focus ring matter few > weeks ago. I received the new lens today from B&H again. Everything seems > fine... except when inspect the glasses through direct torchlight, many tiny > hairline scratches were revealed between the 2nd & 4th elements from the > front (cannot tell which exactly). There seems to have some circular > cleaning marks too. This is the 4th brand new Pentax lens that I have tried > recently and still has problem. > > The previous problems included: > 1st) FA135/2.8 - long piece of lint/dust inside the lens > 2nd) FA135/2.8 - greasy aperture blades > 3rd) FA* 200/2.8 - unsmooth focus ring > 4th) FA* 200/2.8 - many tiny scratches on certain glasses > > Now I am really frustrated. I feel like I must did something terribly wrong > and being punished by some UNKNOWN FORCE. I was wondering if you guys could > check your lenses and shine them with a torch, and see if you have the same > problem. Those tiny scratches were visible only when shined by a torchlight. > I have yet to figure out what to do next. Many thx in advance! :( > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >
