foleydog

<p>Well... Long story short, repairs of the lenses would cost $300. According to local camera shops, I could sell the lenses for $300. They don't work with Manual Focus. I'm thinking I may toss them and chalk it up to a *very* bad experience.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I was in that early batch. They failed early, but past the warranty deadline. I've loved Pentax for years, but this has very much soured me on the experience. I'll probably move to Canon, but in the meantime this glass sits on my desk haunting me. I'll have to look into the cost of repair and hopefully I can sell the repaired kit.</p>

<p>With my K20D purchase years ago, I bought these (Pentax PE50135DA SMCP-DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED (IF) SDM Autofocus Lens for Digital SLR, Pentax PE165028DA SMCP-DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 ED SDM Lens) fast zoom lenses. Both my lenses failed like so many others did. Unfortunately, I was traveling a lot and not on the 'net, so I was unaware of the widespread failure of these lenses.<br> Clearly I'll never get the $1400 dollars back spent on these lenses. But I also get no use out of them. Is it worth repairing before sale, or should I sell them and leave the repair to the buyer?<br> I'm cleaning out the camera closet and these sit on my desk as reminders of a bad purchase.<br> Thoughts?</p>