I have the same booklet - 06771 - it came in the box with a new ME Super I bought in 1982. The lens mentioned is on page 14 under the 40mm pancake. The camera is in fine order by the way. I only started using it about four years ago. It just sat in its box in a cupboard.
Don Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: Pentax Upgrade Follow-Up & Q > >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/ > ____________________________________ >
