Yeah, I’m sure they’ll fix it, too. Meanwhile I have out-of-town leisure time in late Oct and early Nov, and may not have a working, suitable zoom.
Argh. Should have bought the Sigma. The Pentax seemed the better lens, though, and I thought =surely= they’d have fixed the SDM in 9 years! Rick > On Sep 15, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's an older design. I assume they're locked into the original SDM Motor, > but I'm sure they'll fix it. > > Paul via phone > >> On Sep 15, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The SDM motor is failing on my 4-month old DA 17-70 lens. >> >> One would think that in NINE years of production Pentax would have >> corrected the well-known SDM motor problem. >> >> Oy. >> >> Rick >> >> P.S. How long is Precision taking to fix things these days? >> >> -- >> 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.
