SMC lens on Japanese Optio550!

[Iren & Henry Chu]

Dear all,

According to the press release from Pentax Japan, the lens on Optio550/450 is SMC coated!

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2003/02/19/09a.jpg

However, from the photos of dpreview, there is no SMC marking on Optio550:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/pma2003/pentax/optio550-frontback.jpg

The Japanese list price of Optio550 is 99,000yen and they expect a street price around 80,000yen, i.e. around US$670

Regards,

Henry Chu
20/2/2003

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