Strange lens effects
Posted 17/08/2017 - 22:32
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Michael
Based on your last post, it appears to be the lens that is the issue as I had a similar one with my 100-300 F4 on 3 different bodies a couple of years ago. I took it (literally, I live not too far away!) to Sigma Imaging UK in Welwyn, and they then diagnosed the problem as being the lens AF module - which, very luckily, they were able to correct very cheaply with a new module (likely to have been virtually the last one for that lens !) from Japan.
Not sure if your problem is the same, but I would contact Sigma as the first step because they are absolutely first rate and don't rip you off! (I had previously sent them my 150-500 HSM OS because it seemed to very slow to focus. They could not find anything wrong with it - because that is how that that lens works , and posted it back without charging me ANYTHING, even after I offered to pay the return postage as I thought that that would only be "fair")
OTOH, Johnsons Photophia who then fixed the K-3 which also had some focusing issues are entirely another matter (NOT good - left and right hand situation), and it cost a lot more (even with the Pentax User discount) than I was charged by Sigma for fixing the 100-300 F4!
Based on your last post, it appears to be the lens that is the issue as I had a similar one with my 100-300 F4 on 3 different bodies a couple of years ago. I took it (literally, I live not too far away!) to Sigma Imaging UK in Welwyn, and they then diagnosed the problem as being the lens AF module - which, very luckily, they were able to correct very cheaply with a new module (likely to have been virtually the last one for that lens !) from Japan.
Not sure if your problem is the same, but I would contact Sigma as the first step because they are absolutely first rate and don't rip you off! (I had previously sent them my 150-500 HSM OS because it seemed to very slow to focus. They could not find anything wrong with it - because that is how that that lens works , and posted it back without charging me ANYTHING, even after I offered to pay the return postage as I thought that that would only be "fair")
OTOH, Johnsons Photophia who then fixed the K-3 which also had some focusing issues are entirely another matter (NOT good - left and right hand situation), and it cost a lot more (even with the Pentax User discount) than I was charged by Sigma for fixing the 100-300 F4!
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 20/08/2017 - 21:13
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In the AP I received yesterday, there is a letter from someone who sent a 7-8 yr old Sigma 70-200 f2.8 HSM to Sigma Imaging UK for repair, but when, having sent it back to Japan Sigma Imaging UK were told that the parts were no longer available, they sent him a brand new 70-200 f2.8 HSM OS for just the standard price list cost of a repair.
THAT IS SERVICE, BIG TIME! - no wonder then that I use mainly Sigma lenses! .
PS: Ricoh, and Johnsons Photophia - TAKE NOTE!
THAT IS SERVICE, BIG TIME! - no wonder then that I use mainly Sigma lenses! .
PS: Ricoh, and Johnsons Photophia - TAKE NOTE!
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 21/08/2017 - 08:26
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Rico Johnson-Photophia I went to school with him
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Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Posted 21/08/2017 - 08:53
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Algernon wrote:
Rico Johnson-Photophia I went to school with him
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Rico Johnson-Photophia I went to school with him
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So, you are the one we have to blame for all the trouble we have with him/them
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
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