Originally posted by Mattox For the second time with my out of warranty lenses I have had to send them in for repair with various faults. On one occasion Pentax wanted to charge me 300€ For repairing a motor issue with my 55-300 lens. I found a bloke in the UK who works out of home and he fixed rhe issue for £50. He said it was a piece of plastic glass that had warped. A few weeks ago my 16-50 sdm packed it after a fall. The zoom and focus jammed. I sent it directly to the same technician in the UK and Today I got an email back from the him saying he's fixed the issue and has charge me £70 inc postage to Italy. This guy is a genius and is very very honest. I would recommend him to anyone with Pentax technical issues out of warranty. The guy's name is Alan Marlow. Anyone who needs his contact let me know
Umm, ..., the DA 55-300 doesn't have a motor! Are you sure it was good value?