Originally posted by lithedreamer Ya, I wasn't happy about that!
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Originally posted by DimC Wow that's unbelievable ! I've never had amazon ship anything like this, especially valuable items. And I´ve bought from amazon worldwide.
Ya, Amazon got back to me and said they were blocking that SKU until they could get their distribution figured out.
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Originally posted by Kunzite I don't get it, why are you still ordering from Amazon?
Good question!
I just got one, and they said they would send a replacement immediately, so I tried it.
Then I said the 2nd one was bad and they sent me a tracking number of a 3rd so I figured I would try it.
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Originally posted by nitehntr i am totally convinced now this is distressed merchandise. i don't know if this stuff was in some kind of accident or what happened but when a box is damaged like that it happens after it enters the supply chain, the factory quality control would not let boxes like this leave. i'd give you odds that these have been part of the same shipment that somehow got damaged along the way and scrambled the electronics. what else you should do is contact pentax and find out of this stuff is gray market merchandise. and is this amazon or a marketplace item?
Thanks for your and everyone's input!
Think it's gray market stuff? You'd think Pentax/Ricoh would be able to verify that somehow. Maybe by serial number?
Another thing I would like to note, each one of these lenses came from a different Amazon warehouse.
Didn't have much time, but I did take it out of the box and take a few pics. I would say this is much sharper and much more consistent than the first 2 copies I tried.
Sorry for the large image below, crop but not resized jpg.
Hopefully I will have more time tonight and I will test it further. One thing I would like to ask you guys. This AF sounds louder than the first 2. Especially when it is focusing from close to far. I am not too concerned about it unless that means it will fail sooner. Manual focus is silent. I will take a video and show you guys... the experts.
I thought for sure this wouldn't perform given my experience with the first two, but it seems a lot better than the others!
Sharpness is there and AF is more consistant. When I pushed it into the dark areas it really acted squirrely like most lenses. However when I tried to focus on my lit scene it was pretty reliable and consistant. Only 1 or 2 times in the 20 or 30 shots I took was it unable to find focus. I would say that's on par with my Tamron.
Thanks again to everyone!