Originally posted by wlachan Either the mechanism slipped out of focus or the lens was repair b4. Pentax should really redo this lens with updated optics in DA package w/o SDM.
It would be nice to get a fast ~24mm prime in production. To be honest, I would be ok with it being a DA* lens (w/ SDM) similar to the DA*55. I know that won't be a popular comment, and I'm not suggesting that is my preference. I just think if Pentax were to release a lens in the 24 range, it would be an SDM/DA* lens since there is already a 21mm limited.
Regarding the one I returned; it's possible that the one I had was able to be repaired and that they did so and are now relisting it. I really like KEH and I would hope that they would not knowingly resell a lens that was defective in anyway. That said, I just wanted to put it out there for anyone who was thinking about buying it in case they run into the same issue.