The good news is that my 15-30 does seem to focus. I haven't done any
real photography with it yet, but I've put it on my K-1 a couple of
times and it seems to be working. Yay.
This afternoon I put my 16-50 on my K-3 for a friend to use, and it
wouldn't focus. Even worse, it wouldn't manually focus, either. With a
bit of fiddling it would intermittently focus.
This evening I did some checking and it works just fine on the K-1 and
the K-3 II, it just doesn't work reliably on the K-3. Huh? It almost
seems as if the screw drive is intermittently stuck in an engaged mode.
Meanwhile, my K-1 has developed a sticky lens release button. I'll push
it in to release a lens, and it won't always pop back out to secure the
lens in place. It seems like it just needs some cleaning or lube, but
I'm not at all inclined to send it to precision. If there were an
approved lubricant for it, I'd apply it myself.
I'm just not happy with Pentax reliability, weather sealing, or repair
services these days.
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