Hi,
Pål Jensen wrote:
[...]
> I have no idea why the M 35/1.4 was withdrawn. Probably some beancounter that
>figured out that Pentax would loose money on it. Another possibility is that it was
>only three years until the A series
> would reach the market so maybe Pentax figured ot that a three year effective
>lifespan of such a low-volume item was not very feasible. Hence, they may have
>postponed it to the A series. However,
> when the A series lost its impetus due to the advent of AF, Pentax may have dropped
>the lens completely. Just a guess
The M* 300/4 and its transmogrification into the A* 300/4 seems to
show that Pentax could release a short lifespan, low-volume M lens
shortly before the end of the M series and the start of the A series.
I don't see why they couldn't have transformed the M 35/1.4 into an A
lens; they did it quite successfully with several others.
The fact that some A lenses are still in the catalogue today also shows
that manual focus can live alongside autofocus.
--
Cheers,
Bob
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