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  1. Just got the response from Pentax via their head office in Germany. They confirmed that there is a back focussing problem with the 21mm Limited exclusively. They offered to set up one of my bodies to work in conjunction with the lens, which I refused. I do not wish to take up one body exclusively for that lens. I am waiting on a firmware fix or a chip set change for the lens. I will use it in manual focus only. They are sending me back the two bodies and the two lenses i.e. the 21 and the 16-45 which didn't have a problem and focussed perfectly on the "0" calibration point. I will wait for the 16-50 f2.8 which I should have in ten days to use in lieu of the 21mm Limited. If it is anything like the Canon 17-40L lens which I used on 80 percent of my magazine work, I will probably do the same with it.

    Ben

    Posted: 2007-03-05 12:47:36 #
  2. Have you tried to calibrate the focus by yourself using recently leaked service menu activation method?

    Hope you will share your 16-50mm impressions with us :)

    Posted: 2007-03-05 15:56:00 #
  3. Happy end of this story
    http://pentaxlife.com/forum/topic/47

    Posted: 2007-03-16 17:39:21 #

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