Re: HSM -- Restart?
2010/11/28 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The BFD, for Pentaxforums ;-) Steve wins the thread. let's bring in the QE2 then and honeymoon him =P -- 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.
Re: HSM -- Restart?
The BFG would be more appropriate. http://blogofwishes.com/fun-toys/doom-bfg-gun-prop-replica-2/ On 11/27/2010 5:00 PM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: The BFD, for Pentaxforums ;-) -Original Message- From: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:47:33 To:pdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? From: mike wilson Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. The QE2. For honeymooners. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
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David J Brooks wrote: Pretty sad way to market a lens. Hook lens to battery charger or call CAA/AAA for assistance. Dave Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I posted something a few moths ago that sparked the usual discussion among the informed. the verdict was that the pentax tech was not telling the truth. I don't care who ultimately knows better but the pentax tech said to leave it on a powered on camera for some time without trying to make it focus and then to exercise it manually for a bit. according to the pentax tech this technique will work if the drive hasn't failed but is electrically discharged from sitting on a shelf for too long and needs recharging plus also some help with overcoming stiction. heck, you could give it a try =) Ecke 2010/11/26 Morris Galloway morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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.
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2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... -- 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.
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eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) -- 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.
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2010/11/27 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) only if it comes with technicolor weather seals -- 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.
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Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. -- 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.
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mike wilson wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. Ah, Lisa would like that one. My mum, on the other hand, would want the one for etymologists, the OED. -- 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.
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Mark Roberts wrote: mike wilson wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. Ah, Lisa would like that one. My mum, on the other hand, would want the one for etymologists, the OED. My mother would prefer the one with very short shutter lag, the PDQ. -- 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.
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From: mike wilson Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. The QE2. For honeymooners. -- 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.
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 04:47:33PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: From: mike wilson Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. The QE2. For honeymooners. The Q8. For Spike Milligan fans (but not, nowadays, for DSLR owners). -- 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.
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The BFD, for Pentaxforums ;-) -Original Message- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:47:33 To: pdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? From: mike wilson Mark Roberts wrote: eckinator wrote: 2010/11/27 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Next year's new model will be a Pentax brand AED. as long as it is no IED... How about an LSD? (The colors are AMAZING!) The QED. For forensic scientists. The QE2. For honeymooners. -- 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.
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drd1...@gmail.com wrote: The BFD, for Pentaxforums ;-) Steve wins the thread. -- 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.
Re: HSM -- Restart?
I posted something a few moths ago that sparked the usual discussion among the informed. the verdict was that the pentax tech was not telling the truth. I don't care who ultimately knows better but the pentax tech said to leave it on a powered on camera for some time without trying to make it focus and then to exercise it manually for a bit. according to the pentax tech this technique will work if the drive hasn't failed but is electrically discharged from sitting on a shelf for too long and needs recharging plus also some help with overcoming stiction. heck, you could give it a try =) Ecke 2010/11/26 Morris Galloway morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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.
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Pretty sad way to market a lens. Hook lens to battery charger or call CAA/AAA for assistance. Dave On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I posted something a few moths ago that sparked the usual discussion among the informed. the verdict was that the pentax tech was not telling the truth. I don't care who ultimately knows better but the pentax tech said to leave it on a powered on camera for some time without trying to make it focus and then to exercise it manually for a bit. according to the pentax tech this technique will work if the drive hasn't failed but is electrically discharged from sitting on a shelf for too long and needs recharging plus also some help with overcoming stiction. heck, you could give it a try =) Ecke 2010/11/26 Morris Galloway morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
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HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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.
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I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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.
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OK, but I assume you can force it back to the screw drive. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:15 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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.
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There's no way to do that, AFAIK. If your body supports SDM, and the chip in the lens says this lens has SDM, then that's how the body will attempt to focus the lens. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:20:00PM +, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, but I assume you can force it back to the screw drive. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:15 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM ?-- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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.
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has anyone ever tried blocking the SDM contacts? I doubt that would work though =( Ecke 2010/11/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: There's no way to do that, AFAIK. If your body supports SDM, and the chip in the lens says this lens has SDM, then that's how the body will attempt to focus the lens. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:20:00PM +, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, but I assume you can force it back to the screw drive. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:15 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM ?-- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
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There was a thread on PentaxForums where people were trying to do that. Nobody was successful. Lots of people have been asking for a firmware switch to allow the choice of screwdrive or SDM; I doubt it's going to happen. On 26/11/2010, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: has anyone ever tried blocking the SDM contacts? I doubt that would work though =( Ecke 2010/11/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: There's no way to do that, AFAIK. If your body supports SDM, and the chip in the lens says this lens has SDM, then that's how the body will attempt to focus the lens. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:20:00PM +, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, but I assume you can force it back to the screw drive. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:15 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM ?-- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- Sent from my mobile device —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
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Geez. That seems like an obvious firmware upgrade that would solve a problem for Pentax. -Original Message- From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:14:12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? There was a thread on PentaxForums where people were trying to do that. Nobody was successful. Lots of people have been asking for a firmware switch to allow the choice of screwdrive or SDM; I doubt it's going to happen. On 26/11/2010, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: has anyone ever tried blocking the SDM contacts? I doubt that would work though =( Ecke 2010/11/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: There's no way to do that, AFAIK. If your body supports SDM, and the chip in the lens says this lens has SDM, then that's how the body will attempt to focus the lens. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:20:00PM +, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, but I assume you can force it back to the screw drive. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:15 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM -- Restart? the 16-50 has screw drive alright but when SDM dies it won't default back to screw drive on a body that supports SDM. pentax says they're aware that people are complaining but defect ratios do not differ significantly from other product lines. assuming that is true it doesn't make things better for those affected but speaks volume about the i'net as a negative multiplier cheers ecke 2010/11/26 drd1...@gmail.com: I have to admit this is not encouraging me to invest in a new Pentax zoom. That's a. Lot of $$$ for a lens that can just stop AFing. IIRC it has no screw drive, correct? -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:38:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: HSM ?-- Restart? HI Morris, Make sure your manual/automatic switch isn't set wrong or in between the marks. If that's not it, focus manually a few times and see if the HSM comes back. Paul On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Is there a 'kink' or 'trick' to getting the HSM to work again once it has failed... other than a trip to C.R.I.S.? The Patient is a 16-50 DA*. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- Sent from my mobile device —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
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El 26/11/2010 19:51, eckinator escribió: has anyone ever tried blocking the SDM contacts? I doubt that would work though =( Ecke It doesn't work. On the other hand, on the K10D you can roll back its firmware to a previous version, then SDM focusing is disengaged and the camera uses the built-in motor to drive the focusing. I have done it and it works. There are some caveats, though. Firstly, it only can be done with the K10D. I downloaded a 1.1 firmware with a patched header which makes the camera think it is 1.30 version, then it allows to install it on top of the 1.30 version in the camera (that was the firmware which enabled SDM focusing). Afterwards, I updated the firmware to version 1.20 because it adds some valuable changes. Be careful, if you have updated to version 1.31, you can't roll it back using the patched firmware. One of these days I'm going to install version 1.30 again to see if the solution the Pentax tech told you works with my 50-135. Carlos -- 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.
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On 10-11-26 3:30 PM, Carlos R wrote: El 26/11/2010 19:51, eckinator escribió: has anyone ever tried blocking the SDM contacts? I doubt that would work though =( Ecke It doesn't work. On the other hand, on the K10D you can roll back its firmware to a previous version, then SDM focusing is disengaged and the camera uses the built-in motor to drive the focusing. I have done it and it works. There are some caveats, though. Firstly, it only can be done with the K10D. I downloaded a 1.1 firmware with a patched header which makes the camera think it is 1.30 version, then it allows to install it on top of the 1.30 version in the camera (that was the firmware which enabled SDM focusing). Afterwards, I updated the firmware to version 1.20 because it adds some valuable changes. Be careful, if you have updated to version 1.31, you can't roll it back using the patched firmware. One of these days I'm going to install version 1.30 again to see if the solution the Pentax tech told you works with my 50-135. Carlos That alleged solution didn't work for my 50-135. It got stickier and stickier over this past summer until it finally just froze solid. Even the manual focus sleeve would randomly fail to engage and focus it. That lens was within one month of the end of the 2-year warranty when I drove it over to Pentax in Mississauga. They repaired it in 2 weeks and returned it overnight courier. Now it has 6 more months warranty. Hoping like hell it doesn't need it!! -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.
