Zos, Tokina does not produce these lenses in Pentax K-mount. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > Does the tokina variations of these lenses have SDM like the 50-135? > If it were me I would just use the screw drive. SDM sucks anyways. I'd > be thankful pentax put in a screw drive for backwards compatibility, I > imagine they will get away from SDM entirely with new lenses. > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:42 AM, SV Hovland <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have tested this on my own K-7 and DA*16-50. I wanted to find out if this >> is a good solution for me and I did the test before the warranty went out. I >> found it to be perfectly good. It focuses just as fast as SDM, but with more >> noise of course. So I decided to not send my lens in and complain about slow >> SDM after all. I could wait to complete break down and continue with the >> "old" focusing instead. >> >> Regards >> Stig Vidar Hovland >> >> ________________________________________ >> Fra: PDML [[email protected]] på vegne av Boris Liberman >> [[email protected]] >> Sendt: 22. august 2013 09:09 >> Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Emne: Re: Giving up on Pentax (probably) >> >> Well, it was easier than I thought. >> >> Here is the link: >> >> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/208353-how-deactivate-sdm-silent-autofocus-allow-screw-drive-autofocus-da-16-50mm-f-2-8-a.html >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Chris Mitchell >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> The last straw has been that my DA* 16-50 has stopped auto-focussing >>> again. The internal motor was replaced a couple of years ago (so out >>> of warranty) and now it looks like there's another couple of hundred >>> quid to be spent on it. And yes, I've cleaned all of the contacts and >>> yes, my DA* 50-135 works OK on my only remaining K-7 body. >>> >>> So the decision's nearly made to sell off the K-7, DA* 16-50 (either >>> repaired or as is), DA* 50-135, a lovely F*300 4.5 (the one with the >>> tripod mount), an FA-135 2.8 (probably my favourite lens ever) and an >>> FA-50 1.7. I'll put the proceeds towards a backup Fuji X body and get >>> the excellent 55 - 200 zoom to cover the long end of the range and to >>> sit alongside my growing collection of Fuji X primes. I'll keep a >>> number of MF lenses so may still be able to appear in the PDML >>> annual... >>> >>> Any guidance on how to price? Or if anyone's interested in making me >>> any sensible offers, contact me off list and I'll get more details and >>> photos arranged and we can sort out logistics. >>> >>> Yours sadly, Chris >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Boris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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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