I expect to spend a certain amount on maintenance of my equipment. I don't know any pro shooters who don't -- whether they shoot Canon, Nikon or something else. I think my equipment expenses have been reasonable, with the possible exception of flash unit failures. But I think flashes in general are more failure prone.
Paul On Aug 22, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm with you, Paul, on this one. Pentax did not do as noble by not > admitting the problem, but it stands to reason that the technology was > being improved following consumer reports. I cannot tell from first > hand experience, but I wouldn't be surprised if nowadays all these > issues are hammered out and Pentax is merely suffering from bad > reputation that SDM technology managed to acquire. > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Aug 22, 2013, at 9:06 AM, 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. >> >> Pentax will not abandon SDM.. In lens focusing motors have become the >> industry standard. SDM is faster, more accurate and much quieter than screw >> drive. Pentax's initial attempt wasn't a perfect one. The motor could have >> been better. But I'm a heavy user who can't always take as good care of my >> equipment as I might wish, and I've had only one SDM motor failure on my >> three DA* lenses after at least 70,000 frames. >> >> Paul >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
