>>>F (made for the SF series - SFX, SF1, SF7 etc.)

> Must dissagree with this one. The KF is for MEF only and as far as I know, there was 
> only
> 1 lens.

> KFA  is for SFX etc

It seems as if the two of you are referring to two different systems
of nomenclature here.  The "A", "F", "FA" (etc.) names are taken
from the markings on the lenses (and the MEF's one dedicated lens
was referred to by Pentax as an "AF" lens), while the "KF", "KA",
"KAF", "KAF2", "KA2" (etc.) names are the nomenclature to refer to
the K-mount details.  See Table 1 (and also Figure 1) on Boz's
(extremely useful - Thanks once again, Boz!) web site at
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/technology/summary/index.html .

Just as an aside, I believe that the only name used in the "A", "F",
"FA" (etc.) system of nomenclature that was ~not~ taken from the
designation embossed on the lens is the "K" name (where Pentax
simply referred to "SMC" on its pre-"M" lenses).

Fred


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