that there is still a full line of Pentax Primes listed. Maybe Pentax in Europe isn't importing them but they are still available according
to the Pentax Japan web site
here's the list I just cut and pasted into this e-mail:
From: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/products/filmcamera/lens/index35_ichiran.html
Wide-Angle Lenses
smc PENTAX-A 15mm F3.5 -
smc PENTAX-FA 20mm F2.8
smc PENTAX-A 20mm F2.8
smc PENTAX-FA24mm F2 AL [IF]
smc PENTAX-FA 28mm F2.8 AL
smc PENTAX-FA 31mm F1.8 AL Limited
smc PENTAX-FA 35mm F2 AL
Standard Lenses
smc PENTAX-FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
smc PENTAX-A 50mm F1.2 -
smc PENTAX-FA 50mm F1.4
smc PENTAX-FA 50mm F1.7
Telephoto Lenses
smc PENTAX-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
smc PENTAX-FA85mm F1.4 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-FA 135mm F2.8 [IF]
smc PENTAX-FA200mm F2.8 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-A200mm F2.8 ED -
smc PENTAX-FA300mm F2.8 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-A300mm F2.8 ED [IF] -
smc PENTAX-FA300mm F4.5 ED [IF]
Super-Telephoto Lenses
smc PENTAX-A400mm F2.8ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-FA400mm F5.6 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-A 400mm F5.6 -
smc PENTAX 500mm F4.5 - 12
smc PENTAX-FA600mm F4 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX-A600mm F5.6 ED [IF] -
smc PENTAX Reflex 1000mm F11 -
smc PENTAX-A1200mm F8 ED [IF] -
smc PENTAX M Reflex 2000mm F13.5
Macro Lenses
smc PENTAX-FA Macro 50mm F2.8
smc PENTAX-FA Macro 100mm F2.8
smc PENTAX-FA Macro 100mm F3.5
smc PENTAX-FAMacro 200mm F4 ED [IF]
smc PENTAX Bellows 100mm F4
Martin Trautmann wrote:
On 2005-03-17 10:37, Peter J. Alling wrote:
Supposedly they are replacing most of the FA lenses with D-FA equivalents. We'll see.
I doubt so: I'd expect other signals then.
Since the only replacment or upgrade where the two DFA macros, while they created six new DA lenses in between, the last FA lense from 2002, and lots of A/F/FA lenses gone by now, I expect
- the digital sensor size is settled by now: No more full size sensor to come. Larger sensors might go for medium format sized bodies
- little work on analog at all.
See, all of the major 50 mm lenses are gone by now! This was once called the 'standard' lense.
Current primes left (prices from www.fotokoch.de) are FA 31/1.8: 1049 EUR FA 43/1.9: 544 EUR DFA 50/2.8: 519 EUR FA 77/1.8: 789 EUR FA 85/1.4: 929 EUR DFA 100/2.8: 559 EUR
(and some tele > 200 mm, > 1000 EUR)
Current exchange rate: 1 EUR = 1.33 USD, incl. 16 % tax. Thus just compare EUR:USD = 1:1
http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/shared/img/USDall.png
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