[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I was surprised recently that not only the FA 50/1.7 is gone by now, but that the FA 50/1.4 ist not longer available as well.
I did a quick search on www.pentax.de for listed lenses and compared this to Dimitrovs list of lenses.
The short summary: Pentax introduced 4 new lenses in 2004 and 2 new lenses in 2005. They removed 15 lenses in 2004, while 24 other lenses are not
listed any more (!?).
The years before, they introduced about 2-4 per year, while the
same number was removed.
From the traditional FAs mainly the limited models are left. Primes arehard to find by now.
Maybe someone would like to correct and update the statistics here. I did not take the time to summarize a total number yet, due to the lack of most recent infos.
I feel that's scaring signals for analog SLR. Maybe there's no more need
for those K/M/A/F/FA goodies. But I feel that they do throw out lots of
good stuff, too, without replacing it.
I don't own a DSLR yet (waiting for the right model for the right price, e.g. offering sensor anti shake). But I wonder once again: should I wait for the right Pentax DSLR, since I still may use my old lenses on a new DSLR, while new lenses will be useless for my old cameras. It's the wrong signal to me, why I should remain on Pentax or take a completely new system without the former analog limitations.
I'm not the real person to save Pentax - I do want to use a camera for years, while I don't shop for Pentax stuff several times a year. But what's going on here?
Here's the overview of lenses:
2005: in: 2 / out: 24? / total: 14? DA 14 / 2.8 2005 ~ @ 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 ~ @
not listed 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 / 2.8-Soft 1997 ~ ? FA 28-80 / 3.5-5.6-ii 2002 ~ ? FA 28-90 / 3.5-5.6 2001 ~ ? A 35-80 / 4-5.6 1995 ~ ? FA 35-80 / 4-5.6 1999 ~ ? FA 50 / 1.4 1991 ~ ? FA 50 / 2.8-Macro 1990 ~ ? FAJ 75-300 / 4.5-5.8 2003 ~ ? A 80-200 / 4.7-5.6 1995 ~ ? FA 80-200 / 4.7-5.6 1999 ~ ? FA 85 / 1.4 1992 ~ ? FA 100 / 2.8-Macro 1991 ~ ? FA 100-300 / 4.7-5.8 2000 ~ ? FA 200 / 2.8 1993 ~ ? FA 200 / 4-Macro 2000 ~ ? FA 300 / 2.8 1994 ~ ? FA 300 / 4.5 1991 ~ ? A 400 / 2.8 1986 ~ ? FA 400 / 5.6 1997 ~ ? FA 600 / 4 1991 ~ ?
2004: in: 4 / out: 15 / total: ? A 15 / 3.5 1984 ~ 2004 A 16 / 2.8-Fish 1985 ~ 2004 F 17-28 / 3.5-4.5-Fish 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 70-200 / 4-5.6 1991 ~ 2000 FA 28-70 / 4 1996 ~ 2000 FA 135 / 2.8 1991 ~ 2000 A 600 / 5.6 1984 ~ 2000 A 200 / 4-Macro 1984 ~ 2000 A 1200 / 8 1986 ~ 2000
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