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If it's not 'superb', but you've paid a 'superb' price, and you'll fret over the issues with it, I'd return it while you can.

If on the other hand you've bought it at a very good price, it's 'ok' for the money; you're unsure when another one will become available; you've really, really wanted one for as long as you can remember, etc, etc, then keep it

Comment by JohnX posted on Problems with M lens at 21/09/2012 - 12:53

Can anyone help me with understanding why the K-5 IIs will be £150 more expensive than the K-5 II, given it has less in it, i.e. no AA filter?

Comment by JohnX posted on K-5 II vs. K-5 IIs - why the price difference? at 21/09/2012 - 11:44

milamber wrote:
Now sold to Kevin (Kree). Thanks for looking.

Aaaagh!!!!!!!!!! That'll teach me to get distracted by diy and not pay attention to more important things.

You won't like it Kevin.

Comment by JohnX posted on Sears 135mm f2.8 Macro "Soft Focus" at 20/09/2012 - 14:48

I looked at the link you posted, and loved the soft, dreamy, effect in shots 3 and 4 of the opening post, but don't see the same in your photos.

Do you have other shots that do exhibit the same 'look'?

Comment by JohnX posted on Sears 135mm f2.8 Macro "Soft Focus" at 20/09/2012 - 14:07

Still for sale?

Comment by JohnX posted on Sears 135mm f2.8 Macro "Soft Focus" at 20/09/2012 - 12:29

K mount?

Comment by JohnX posted on Sears 135mm f2.8 Macro "Soft Focus" at 20/09/2012 - 09:44

johnriley wrote:
Interesting spread of results.

I agree. Unfortunately it's a very black and white set of results, i.e. failed/didn't fail, whereas my research suggests there are a number of 'failed' SDM lenses that have been successfully resurrected by their owners, these failures being in some way associated with periods of non-use of the lenses in question. If correct, the true incidence of actual failure of the SDM motors may be lower.

Just in case I now give my SDM lenses a quick 'run' once a week or so.

Comment by JohnX posted on To switch or not to switch at 18/09/2012 - 19:45

JohnX wrote:

There are a lot more of us out here who have had no SDM issues (even with pre-2012 lenses) than there are those who have.

The difference is a fair number of those who have had issues have raised it on the various fora, whereas the rest of us have said nothing.

The view of SDM is therefore very skewed.

This has to be a first? Quoting one-self? But, what I said I stand by, albeit based on the poll from the other forum, which indicates that there was a c20% SDM failure rate amongst the 1500 or so Pentaxians who responded to their survey.

I'm not suggesting that's a fair or reasonable failure rate - it's not - nor was it necessarily a statistically valid survey, but it's the only one we've got to my knowledge.

Link here; http://www.pentaxforums.com/sdmsurvey.php?do=viewresults

Comment by JohnX posted on To switch or not to switch at 18/09/2012 - 19:30

And the radio tuning dials aren't much better!

Comment by JohnX posted on looks like somebody beat a K-01 with an ugly stick! at 18/09/2012 - 17:07

So, does the title of of this thread now need changing?

Comment by JohnX posted on Sorry Pentax - Switching to Nikon at 18/09/2012 - 15:38

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