Originally posted by djc737 Also it would be more comforting when buying a SDM lens if Pentax actually had the cahones to warranty them for more than one year.
Originally posted by panoguy +1 on this! That is the simplest, lowest-cost remedy for Ricoh/Pentax at this point. 3 years would be nice...
Been over this before. They can't offer current warranties on already manufactured and warehoused inventory. Better way is to offer an optional Warranty Extension for a cost as they do for camera bodies.
Warranties are not inexpensive. On the contrary they add significantly to the cost of the lens. If you think Pentax lenses are expensive now, add money for QC manufacturing process changes, component upgrades, random sample destructive testing and reserving on the Balance Sheet for estimated warranty losses.
The current way is the least costly way.