At 10:47 AM 1/31/01 +0100, you wrote:
>What different species are out there? Do they still make one?
I'm not sure what variants are out there. I've heard the 55 f1.2 is made by
Cosina. It may have been produced under brand names. I don't know if
Cosina is just the manufacturing agent of if this is one of their lenses -
Ricoh seems to design their own lenses for their SLR's and for Leica as well.
Ricoh has stopped selling SLR's in the USA, sticking only with digital.
Last I heard they were still selling SLR's in the rest of the world, but
news of them stopping would probably never make it here to the states.
One word of caution - DO NOT use Ricoh "P" lenses on AF Pentax bodies - the
ball bearing contact on the "P" lens will lock tight into the hole for the
Pentax AF shaft. These lenses will work OK on non-AF Pentaxes. (The 55mm
f1.2 I mentioned is not a "P" lens.)
-- MCC
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