Originally posted by creampuff No I'm not saying you're the problem. I'm a pretty pragmatic kinda guy. If something doesn't work, I'll find something that does and move on. Less angst, less negativity all round. -edit out car stuff-
It's one thing to rant about a product defect, but too much negativity rehashing how crappy SDM is and frankly the sentiment starts wearing thin. Nobody is asking you to leave the forums but if you feel thin skinned and overly sensitive about it then I can only wonder if you're blowing things way out of context. OK SDM lenses aren't cheap, yeah they do fail on occasion, so you're disappointed it didn't meet your quality/reliability expectations... whatcha gonna do? Keep crying about it? Once bitten twice shy?
If it don't work for you just switch to what works.
Is it all the negative sentiment that is wearing thin? Or just mine? I came to this post trying to help the OP as I had just read something about the sleepy AF issue, and low and behold it helped him!
My thin skin is coming from the apologists and 'work-arounders' who continue to give the same answers. That is what is wearing thin to me!
After 3.5 years & 3 bodies I had finally found one that worked on most levels for me. The little k-x was the first body I could actually recommend to my friends and family... only now it needs a firmware update to get the batteries to work and sometimes the firmware update freezes halfway thru and you have a paperweight! Oh and now there is a mirror slap issue that I see occasionally in the 1/100 shutterspeed area... And the work-arounders are saying to bend the battery terminals...
IMHO we should be screaming at the top of our lungs about these problems. Because obviously being ok with them is getting nothing done.
The only Pentax lens that I truly want is the DA 50-135. I need weathersealing for our family trips. I want the constant 2.8ap for low light shooting and the 50-135 is right in my shooting range. It has now been almost 3 years and Pentax/Hoya has done absolutely nothing to address the issues with this lens. I am glad you are ok with that, I am not! And I will not shut up about it, I dont give a shit if it is wearing thin or not!