"Pentax slightly modifies Tokina lenses and then they sell them under the Pentax name."
Not correct, but I suppose this particular urban legend will never die. Tokina designed the optics of the 12-24. Pentax designed the optics of the other lenses issued jointly until now. Pentax holds patents on these designs. We don't know yet who designed the optics of the 11-16, but I suspect it was Tokina. (Nice to know Tokina still employs at least one optical designer.) There will be a DA 11-16 F2.8, but not for a while. Each company designs their own lens bodies, and assembles the lenses. It is not advertised, but Pentax grinds, polishes, and coats the optics for the Tokina versions of the lenses. Both the Tokina and the Pentax versions have the same coatings. By allowing misinformation such as the quotation above to proliferate on the internet Pentax has harmed its reputation, IMO. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
