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<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>
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<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>
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This is actually what I love about Tri X 400. To get a 'greyer' picture, I use TMAX, which gives me a softer picture -- and it's what I'll be using this weekend to take pictures of a friend's soon to be born twins. Alternatively, if I only have tri x and enough light, I filter it down a bit.
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I recently ran into the same problem -- only I was halfway through agitating my developer at a new lab . . . that aside. I like a stop bath as it makes development time replication that much easier from roll to roll.
Dead Pentax Lenses - DA*50-135, and DA* 16-50
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