On 3/03/06 12:24 PM, "Joseph Tainter", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken, thanks very much for your clarification, which I have just > seen. (Mail-Archive just came back to life when I pointed out > the Jeff that it was not archiving.) This is great information, > and it is good to know that this information is publicly > available in Japan. Hi Joe, The info I forwarded was derived from my archive of the Pentax Lens list in Japan (the info was dated Dec 1, 2005, but I did not pay much attention at the time). While sending it to the List yesterday, I happened to have encountered the press release by Tokina, and everything fell in place :-). > "As I said, above seem to apply only for the budget lenses. > Fast lenses I am sure are of purely Pentax's." > > What about the forthcoming DA 16-50 F2.8 and DA 50-135 F2.8? Do > you know who will design the optics of these? I am sure the optical specs for these fast lenses are by Pentax but do not know who would package it. I suspect it follows the pattern of what Pentax did with their DFA Macros. However, I do not want to give the List any unconfirmed info, but will dig in further and let you know when I have found it out. B/Rgds, Ken
