The DA* 60-250/4 will be here soon, so it wouldn't make much sense to redo the FA* 80-200/2.8. I believe one reason for not retaining FA lens designs is that the new DA and DA* lenses are optimized for the APS-C image circle. And of course new releases stimulate sales. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Patrick Genovese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It seems to me that people are confusing out of production with > > discontinued. As far as I understand, all camera companies produce their > > lenses in batches to a certain degree, and just because a lens is not > > being produced right now, you should not assume it's not in the line-up > > anymore. It may well be that production was temporarily halted because > > there is already stock to last for a long time. > > The pentax japan web site does not list any of the old FA* lenses... > All gone... bar the 300 f/2.8 and the 600 f/4 .. The problem is there > are no replacements. I'm no expert on lens production etc but how > hard can it be to update an already excellent lens design such as the > 80-200 f/2.8 and bring it in line with current digital requirements > and maybe even add an SDM motor. Im sure it is quicker than designing > the 50-135 from scratch and they would have had a much more desirable > product. Other manufacturers seem to be able to do this quite quickly. > > Patrick Genovese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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