Takehiko Ueda wrote: > > Hi all, > > Pentax has released the above lens. The price will be > JPY150,000, and 100 will be manufactured a month. Adopts > hybrid and glass-molded aspherical lenses and ghostless > coating. Minimal focal distance is 0.3m with the 0.25x > magnification. > > Specs are as follows; > Mount: Pentax 645AF Mount > Lens Number: 7 groups 10 elements > AOV: 90 degree > Aperture: Automatic > Minimal Aperture: f32 > Metering: TTL open aperture metering > Minimal Focal Distance: 0.3m > Filter Diameter: 82mm > Max Magnification: 0.25x > Max Diameter: 88mm > Length: 90mm > Weight: 560g > http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2001/gif/200111.gif Interesting, they totally redesigned it, making it *bigger*. It stops down further, and the filter diameter is bigger as well. 82mm? I think that's a first for the 645. Nice looking lens. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

