>The A50mm f/1.2 is currently manufactured, but without looking, I >don't know if Pentax made an M50mm f/1.2. >Who knows? > >Wait a minute, I have a small, 60-page brochure on "Asahi Pentax >Lenses and Accessories" by Pentax, published in 1971 I believe, >indicating they did indeed make a "SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2" 7 elements, >6 groups.
Indeed - I have two Pentax booklets, one from 1988 and the other much earlier - I suspect it is the same one you have - it is 60 pages and features a couple of Pentax SLRs on the front, one is plugged into the 1000mm mirror lens, the other into 45-125mm zoom, with 4 other lenses visible, all against an orange grad background. The back page features the gear photo that greets you on Boz's website. Is this the same booklet? The only ref is on the back page: '06771' and 'Printed in Japan'. But was this from 1971?? It is a lens brochure, but the cameras featured in some of the photos are MXs and MEs. In fact the intro to the 'The Advantage of Interchangeable Lenses' paragraph starts: 'The unique bayonet mount of the Pentax MX, ME, K2, KX and KM allows.......' I thought MXs and MEs came out later than '71 or am I mistaken? And what about the K1000 and the LX? Can anyone verify the date of this brochure? Oh yeah - and it has the 'SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2' :-) Cheers, Cotty ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________
