So I go put my beloved 50-135mm on my K10D to go out and take some shots of my doggie in the backyard. I go outside, half-press the shutter button, whhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What is that? Oh, the freakin' screw-drive focus
If that isn't bad enough, my K10D can't lock focus outside in good light, it just whirls back and forth. You can sorta hear the SDM motor
try to start up, but it seems like the camera senses this failure and kicks off the screw drive.
Ughhhhhhh......
I've cleaned the contacts, verified I am still using V1.3 of the firmware, the M/A switch on the lens does work as it puts the body into manual focus so I'm not sure if it's the contacts. Last thing I'm going to try is a freshly charged battery (in the charger now)
At least I bought it at a nice local camera shop, so I'm going to bring it there tommorow along with my body; that way I can rule out the body by trying another DA* lens in the shop (maybe I'll give the 16-50mm a try?) If it does have to go back to Pentax, I hope they get it back to me quickly; maybe the shop will give me a loaner
Any other "Death of SDM" stories out there? Any words to console me? At least it's a somewhat slow time for photography for me; thank god it didn't happen during the holidays last month!