You can add 300mm f/4 as I have one. It is manual but is very sharp.
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From: "Clive Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Pentax wish list
> I'd ask for a 'neo-M series' of prime lenses. The Limiteds are nice but
> expensive; the likes of the FA*24/2 are bulky and expensive, and not
> everyone needs such wide apertures. Some of these already exist, but
> how about a series that went something like:
> 20mm f/4
> 24mm f/2.8
> 28mm f/2.8
> 35mm f/2.8
> 50mm f/1.7
> 85mm f/2.8
> 200mm f/4?
>
> It might enable Pentax to reinvent itself as the true home of the
> knowledgeable amateur, whose pockets do not bulge with cash but who
> wants good, simple lenses that don't need a trolley to carry them
> about. The FA 35/2 could be the model for these, as an AF lens that
> focuses nicely on a MF camera.
>
> I'm no marketing professional, which is perhaps why my employer is still
> in business, but I see no future for Pentax in the
> I-Want-What-the-Pros-Use market. (I know that issue's been well covered
> already.) No problem - a Canon or a Nikon has more buttons on it and is
> bigger and more imposing, so that's what they buy. Others choose a
> Canon or a Nikon because they like what those cameras and/or lenses can
> do, so fair enough. You don't have to watch this list for long to
> realize that Pentax owners keep the faith because of the lenses, but how
> many of us scour magazine ads and Ebay listings for M- and A-series
> lenses because we can't get new equivalents? I know I do: I bought an
> FA 35/2 and an FA 100/3.5 new because they were both available and
> affordable. My other lenses are secondhand buys, and while it's to
> Pentax's credit that it made so many fine lenses that have lasted so
> well, I think there's pent-up (sorry!) demand here for new equivalents
> to those compact, affordable classics. I'd pay $250 for a new FA 24/2.8
> tomorrow, given the chance.
>
> Of course, if there was a neo-LX (presumably LXXXI now) to go with the
> lenses, so much the better.
>
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