Originally posted by LaurenOE Ok...this is the MOST amazing hack I have EVER done!!!
I used my old K5 and it was FLAWLESS and EASY to do!!!
Now my DA*16-50 is back in action!!!
Unbelievably cool!!!
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I love you!!!
Also, here is proof that Lightroom still sees the lens.
I just finished doing my other DA*16-50 before it goes bad.
I'm glad this *fix* exists, as I use my cameras professionally, and my DA*16-50 is used for those quick-in-close pictures.
The IQ of this lens is worth it.
I found out my lens stopped working as I was getting a shot, and it took a few seconds to go through the checklist of what *I* might be doing wrong for it to not focus.
Seconds where lost, and the only reason I went to manual was because I remembered these threads here.
What a disaster if I was counting on this lens to continue to autofocus!!!
My advice to EVERYONE with this lens is to just go ahead and do this hack.
You won't always be near a computer, or be able to download the file to hack in the field.
The failure is not a case of *
if* it will happen, it's a case of *
when*.
My lens gave me NO indication if it was getting ready to fail.
Save yourself some pain and DO THIS.