Originally posted by redpit How did this happened? It was shaking and you figured out that something inside was getting loose or did it snapped in two pieces? That’s unacceptable for a professional 5K lens that is supposed to be rugged and proper for outdoors wildlife photography...
in my case I was in the middle of a safari using the lens with either the K 3 or K 3 II
with another lens on the other camera.
i picked up the camera with the 150- 450 lens and noticed the lens wasn't straight the front section was slanted
I grabbed it and the lens separated.
a few " choice " words were uttered ( no children around )
and I was very glad I had decided to bring the HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE on the trip
otherwise my telephoto would have been my D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro + the DA 1.4 converter