Ditto. When I emailed to ask about repairing my DA 16-45, he answered with a few questions; then finally said "beyond economic repair."
I suspect that Precision would have pocketed my money happily. Rick On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't go with precision, go with this guy: http://pentaxs.com/ > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > wrote: >> After 11 years of hard use my DA*16-50/2.8 has finally failed. And no, >> it's not the SDM focusing. That's worked flawlessly except for when I >> was half way up Mount Washington in -9 F weather; it started working >> again when I got down to lower elevations and higher temperatures. >> >> Anyway, the zoom ring is stuck at 16mm and doesn't want to move. So >> it's off to Precision Camera. Apparently it's a flat rate repair bill >> of $212.50, which seems pretty reasonable. Can't really complain after >> 11 years of use that's seen the weather sealing thoroughly tested many >> times. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding > it still. Dorothea Lange > > -- > 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.
