On 2005-03-17 09:47, Scott Loveless wrote: > I've looked at pentax.de. I've also looked at the rest of the > European official Pentax sites. The offerings vary from region to > region. I have noticed that the European online catalogs just don't > have quite as much listed as the US or Canadian catalogs. If you > really want to see what's really available, check out the Japanese > site. It's available in English and, well, Japanese. > http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/index.php Then call B&H.
Thanks - I've checked both http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens and http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/products/filmcamera/lens/index35_ichiran.html by now. On one hand, the result is ok: The FA macros where replaced by DFA macros. However, this list still names e.g. the FA 50/1.4 on end of February. I feel that skipping both the FA 50/1.4 and 50/1.7 leaves a surprising gap. Maybe this will be closed soon this year again... The digital list obviously does not include the A lenses. The digital list includes e.g. FA 28-70/2.8, FA 35/2 and FA 80-200/2.8 which were excluded for 2004 on the KMP site - and still shows e.g. FA 135/2.8 which was exluded on KMP for 2002. The analog section from last september lists lenses such as the K 500/4.5 from 1977 which Boris delisted for 1998. However, it's interesting to see that the last, new analog lense was FA 28-80 / 3.5-5.6 II (2002) which is not listed any more. Thus the 'newest' FAs are e.g. FA 31/1.8 or FA 28-105/3.2-4.5, both from 2001. vv checked: + 2005-02-23 http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens/ * 2004-09-16 http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/products/filmcamera/lens/index35_ichiran.html 2005: in: 2 / out: 24? / total: 14? + DA 14 / 2.8 2004 ~ @ DA 12-24 / 4 2005 ~ n.y. + DA 16-45 / 4 2003 ~ @ +* FAJ 18-35 / 4-5.6 2003 ~ @ + DA 18-55 / 3.5-5.6 2004 ~ @ +* FA 20-35 / 4 1998 ~ @ +* FAJ 28-80 / 3.5-5.6 2003 ~ @ +* FA 28-105 / 3.2-4.5 2001 ~ @ +* FA 31 / 1.8 2001 ~ @ + DA 40 / 2.8 2004 ~ @ +* FA 43 / 1.9 1997 ~ @ DA 50-200 / 4-5.6 2005 ~ @ + DFA 50 / 2.8-Macro 2004 ~ @ +* FA 77 / 1.8 1999 ~ @ + DFA 100 / 2.8-Macro 2004 ~ @ others not on www.pentax.de: +* FA 20 / 2.8 1995 ~ ? +* FA 24 / 2 1991 ~ ? +* FA 24-90 / 3.5-4.5 2001 ~ ? +* FA 28 / 2.8 1991 ~ ? +* FA 28-90 / 3.5-5.6 2001 ~ ? +* FA 50 / 1.4 1991 ~ ? +* FAJ 75-300 / 4.5-5.8 2003 ~ ? +* FA 85 / 1.4 1992 ~ ? +* FA 200 / 2.8 1993 ~ ? +* FA 200 / 4-Macro 2000 ~ ? +* FA 300 / 2.8 1994 ~ ? +* FA 300 / 4.5 1991 ~ ? +* FA 400 / 5.6 1997 ~ ? +* FA 600 / 4 1991 ~ ? * A 35-80 / 4-5.6 1995 ~ ? * A 80-200 / 4.7-5.6 1995 ~ ? * A 400 / 2.8 1986 ~ ? * FA 28 / 2.8-Soft 1997 ~ ? * FA 28-80 / 3.5-5.6ii 2002 ~ ? * FA 35-80 / 4-5.6 1999 ~ ? * FA 50 / 2.8-Macro 1990 ~ ? * FA 80-200 / 4.7-5.6 1999 ~ ? * FA 100 / 2.8-Macro 1991 ~ ? * FA 100-300 / 4.7-5.8 2000 ~ ? 2004: in: 4 / out: 15 / total: ? * A 15 / 3.5 1984 ~ 2004 * A 16 / 2.8-Fish 1985 ~ 2004 * A 16 / 2.8-Fish 1985 ~ 2004 * F 17-28 / 3.5-4.5 F 1995 ~ 2004 FA 28-200 / 3.8-5.6 1996 ~ 2004 +* FA 28-70 / 2.8 1994 ~ 2004 * K 28 / 3.5-Shift 1977 ~ 2004 +* FA 35 / 2 1999 ~ 2004 * A 50 / 1.2 1984 ~ 2004 * FA 50 / 1.7 1991 ~ 2004 +* FA 80-200 / 2.8 1994 ~ 2004 * FA 85 / 2.8-Soft 1996 ~ 2004 * FA 100 / 3.5-Macro 1998 ~ 2004 * FA 250-600 / 5.6 1991 ~ 2004 * A 400 / 5.6 1984 ~ 2004 * K 1000 / 11 1977 ~ 2004 2003: in: 4 / out: 0 / total: ? 2002: in: 1 / out: 2 / total: ? +* FA 28-105 / 4-5.6-ii 1999 ~ 2002 +* FA 80-320 / 4.5-5.6 1997 ~ 2002 2001: in: 4 / out: 2 / total: ? * A 20 / 2.8 1985 ~ 2001 FA 28-80 / 3.5-5.6-i 1998 ~ 2001 2000: in: 2 / out: 6 / total: ? * FA 28-70 / 4 1996 ~ 2000 FA 70-200 / 4-5.6 1991 ~ 2000 +* FA 135 / 2.8 1991 ~ 2000 A 200 / 4-Macro 1984 ~ 2000 * A 600 / 5.6 1984 ~ 2000 * A 1200 / 8 1986 ~ 2000 before: * A 300 / 2.8 1984 ~ 1998 * K 400-600 / 8-12 1984 ~ 1999 * K 500 / 4.5 1977 ~ 1998 * M 2000 / 13.5 1982 ~ ?
