Later in 79: M40-80, M24-35 (78-11), M75-150
This should have been (79-11) of course.
DJE,
Boz's site lists lots of Pentax zooms, but my recollection is the M40-80 was the first
in the M lens line. Later some bigger, heavier, constant aperture zooms came
out...ending with the A28-135/4. I recognize that some pre-M zooms like the 135-600mm
existed.
As for the screwmount
Eventually Pentax relented and added Zooms,
but for a long time only the M zoom was the 40-80mm and that was
introduced as by Pentax with an 'apology' on quality.
I'm not sure there were any
K zooms that were not simply updated screw-mounts.
Zoom chronology:
Mid 75. K bodies and lenses
I took a look back at the old literature I had for zoom lenses.
Honeywell Pentax Price Information May 1967
Spotmatic, Black with Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 US$299.50
...18mm f/11 Manual US$149.50
...50mm f/1.4 Super US$121.00
70-150mm f/4.5 Super Zoom US$395.00 (only zoom on list)
4 matches
Mail list logo
