right, there is no "M" 15mm lens. This brings up the question, did pentax ever relabel any of the "K" lenses as "M" with exact same optical and mechanical design? ( i.e. they relabelled it "M" because it was already a very compact design by industry standards when initially released as a "K"?)
Im thinking NO because K had 52mm as the defacto standard filter threads and M used 49mm instead but I am not sure. Then the second question would be were any of the "M" lenses same OPTICALLY as the "K" but just repackaged into smaller barrels? Looking back in hindsight, the Pentax "K" series lens size enlargement when going from Screwmount to Kmount was a major goof on Pentax. Just as they decided to go bigger, Olympus came out with smaller and smaller was wildly popular. It took pentax 3 MORE yrs to catch up with the M series cameras and lenses... Thanks in Advance, JCO -----Original Message----- From: Steve Larson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 11:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Samples from 14 2.8 correct, only K and A models. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 8:12 AM Subject: Re: Samples from 14 2.8 > AFAIK, there never was an M15/3.5 ... > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 11/26/2004 8:09:50 AM > > Subject: Re: Samples from 14 2.8 > > > > The A 15mm f3.8 and M are for the most part optically identical. > > > > David Mann wrote: > > > > > On Nov 26, 2004, at 11:01 AM, jayers wrote: > > > > > >> It would be interesting to compare the M15mm f3.5 lens to the > > >> DA14. > > > > > > > > > I assume you mean A instead of M :) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > > --P.J. O'Rourke > > > >
