I just bought a new FA50/1.4 from B&H, and they had to order it from Pentax because it was out of stock. I think it's still available. By the way, I paid $209.95. A used one sold for $330 last week on ebay. Paul
> 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 ~ ? >
