goughmd Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Hello to all from the new guy, it's great to be here! I recently purchased a Pentax 135-600mm F6.7 zoom to compliment my MX. Rather than getting here without any trouble, it was damaged in shipping (all of 200 miles) and will no longer focus to infinity. In addition the zoom is extremely tight and noisy between 250-135mm, sometimes it binds up altogether and has to be cycled back to 600mm a few times to get all the way to 135mm. The Pentax USA site says they won't work on M series lenses anymore, the Pentax UK site says they can fix it if they have parts, but I'd like to get it fixed domestically if at all possible. Does anyone know of a particularly exceptional lens repair company? I have had several bad experiences with allegedly expert repairmen in the past, so this is quite a distressing situation to be in. Thanks for any help, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach_abubeker Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 eric perhaps? pentax 27@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per_askerlund2 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hello, I can recommend Harrow Technical in London. http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/index.html I had a 28 mm super-Takumar lens fixed there in the spring, I suppose they can repair an M-series lens as well. I also had an Mx and a SpF sent there with good result. Per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin_barton Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Eric repaired my ME Super and its great....not sure he does lens..but its worth a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_502260 Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I would try Ken Ruth at Photography On Bald Mountain in Davenport, CA. He is very resourceful. If a particular part is needed and can't be found there's a good chance he can make it himself. The only part he probably couldn't make himself is a lens element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin_barton Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Here is Ken Ruth email baldmtn@pacbell.net http://www.baldmtn.com/AINFOSHT2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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