Wow, that 14mm is just what I've been waiting for (could have been a 13mm, though).  
Goodbye 16-45, the 14mm is what I want :-)

DagT

> 
> Fra: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Here is the official press release:
> 
> 
> PENTAX to Unveil New Digital Developments at PMA
> 
> PENTAX Corporation is proud to announce that it will exhibit two new digital
> products currently under development - a wide-angle interchangeable lens for
> use
> with its digital SLR cameras and a compact digital still/movie camera - at
> the
> 2004 Photo Marketing Association's (PMA) Show, the largest photographic
> merchandise exhibition in the U.S.A., to be held from February 12 to 15,
> 2004, in
> Las Vegas.
> Designed for exclusive use with PENTAX digital SLR cameras such as the *ist
> D,
> the smc PENTAX-DA 14mm F2.8 ED [IF] is designed extremely compact,
> measuring only 69mm (2.7") long and 83.5mm (3.3") in diameter. Featuring the
> reliable PENTAX KAF lens mount and high-performance 12-element, 11-group
> optics, it offers a focal length of 14mm (equivalent to 21.5mm in the 35mm
> format), and a minimum focusing distance of 17cm (0.7"). Its innovative
> Quick-Shift Focus system enables the user to instantly switch the focus mode
> from
> auto to manual with a slight twist of the focus ring. It also offers a
> 77mm-size filter
> thread for quick, effortless mounting and removal of a filter.
> 
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