Edwin wrote: My guess is simply that no-one is buying high-end Pentax gear, so Pentax is no longer producing things like the MZ-S and the FA 80-200/2.8 Pentax users seem more inclined to buy 80-200/4.5-6.7 kinda lenses, and Pentax's market share is so weak already that this is where they have to focus.
REPLY: One thing is certain: the sales of high-end film gear has dropped significantly. Pentax, who has catered for existing customers only the last decade, the drop must be even worse than for the rest. Virtually everyone who ever wanted a high-end Pentax lens has already bought one. As their digital slr is mostly bought by people who already own Pentax lenses, no new lens sales in the FA* series is so far generated by digital. However, the FA* 80-200/2.8 is made made on order anyway, like all of the fast super telephotos, it makes not much sense to discontinue it uless its getting replaced. It could be that the dissapearance from price list show more wnat the distributors in question choose to stock than what Pentax choose to manufacture. Start to worry when they dissapear from Pentax Japan web site. P�l
