Repair recommendations for Pentax 300 lens
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Posted 28/09/2020 - 14:25
I don't know anyone local.
This is the official service centre in the UK
John Pye Ltd (Service & Repairs)
39-40 Marchington Industrial Estate
Stubby Lane
Uttoxeter
ST14 8LP
Phone: 00 44 1283 384409
Contact: jptechadmin@johnpye.co.uk
Barrie
Too Old To Die Young
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
This is the official service centre in the UK
John Pye Ltd (Service & Repairs)
39-40 Marchington Industrial Estate
Stubby Lane
Uttoxeter
ST14 8LP
Phone: 00 44 1283 384409
Contact: jptechadmin@johnpye.co.uk
Barrie
Too Old To Die Young
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
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Posted 28/09/2020 - 16:03
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
John K
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
John K
Last Edited by JAK on 28/09/2020 - 16:09
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Posted 28/09/2020 - 17:19
Thanks! I'll try them both!
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Posted 28/09/2020 - 18:40
JAK wrote:
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
Barrie
Too Old To Die Young
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
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Posted 28/09/2020 - 21:29
I've used Alan Marlow link a few times. Great service and price but not certain if he can do DA* lens
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 09:56
mcrtchly wrote:
I've used Alan Marlow link a few times. Great service and price but not certain if he can do DA* lens
Martin
I've used Alan Marlow link a few times. Great service and price but not certain if he can do DA* lens
Martin
Big thumbs-up for Alan but I have only used him to fix manual glass, and my 43mm Ltd. I don't know if he deals with lenses with built-in motors.
K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 12:49
bforbes wrote:
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
JAK wrote:
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
John K
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 12:57
mcrtchly wrote:
I've used Alan Marlow link a few times. Great service and price but not certain if he can do DA* lens
Martin
I've used Alan Marlow link a few times. Great service and price but not certain if he can do DA* lens
Martin
Hi
I asked Alan about a da* when I was having
Problems with my 50-135 and he told me
That I will not touch da* lens anymore
To much hassle when the SDM fails again
After a few months
Neli
cheers Neil
pentax k3 k5 super A
DA* 300 f4 DA* 50-135 f 2.8 smc DA* 16-50 f2.8 50mm f1.7 af 360 fgz pentax1.4xhd converter
sigma 17-70
Pentax o-gps1
Panasonic Dmc Fz200
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 12:59
JAK wrote:
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What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
[quote:3496ace15f="bforbes"]
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
My comment is based on my experience of having to send a manual focus Tamron lens to Alan Marlow to sort it out after AMP had played with it.
in relation to the star lenses, I thought they required a higher degree of calibration than was available at some repairers
Barrie
Too Old To Die Young
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 13:08
JAK wrote:
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
bforbes wrote:
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
Quote:
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
SDM motors...
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 13:31
womble wrote:
SDM motors...
JAK wrote:
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
Quote:
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
JAK wrote:
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
SDM motors...
Surely that would be for the business to confirm that they couldn't deal with it, not for anyone here to make a presumption that they can't.
If they are local to the OP which I presume they are he only needs to pop the lens in for them to say yay or nay.
John K
Last Edited by JAK on 29/09/2020 - 13:34
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 13:32
JAK wrote:
Surely that would be for the business to confirm that they couldn't deal with it, not for anyone here to make a presumption that they can't.
womble wrote:
SDM motors...
Quote:
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
bforbes wrote:
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
JAK wrote:
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Maybe this Newcastle company can help or point you to someone local who can:
https://www.facebook.com/APM-Camera-Repairs-505156219885293/
Be careful, from my experience they are not up to dealing with a DA* lens
What's the basic difference with a DA* lens from any other lens that makes them unable to deal with them?
SDM motors...
Surely that would be for the business to confirm that they couldn't deal with it, not for anyone here to make a presumption that they can't.
Of course, unless someone has had some experience with the person/company in question.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
Last Edited by womble on 29/09/2020 - 13:33
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Posted 29/09/2020 - 18:52
I don't think that Alan has retired, he fixed a lens for me last Thursday.
John
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Shents
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I'm having problems with my beloved Pentax 300 lens.
The autofocus isn't working v well - (taking ages to find and focus) and also the images have awful chromatic aberration.
I'm based near Newcastle-upon-Tyne and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction to get it looked at and (hopefully) fixed.
Happy to post to anywhere else in the country, just desperate to get it fixed.
Many thanks
Lisa