Pentax USA, (Pentaximaging), considers quite an extensive list of
lenses to be current.
http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/cameras/lenses/digital_35mm/index.jsp
If you want to poke around. However their online store covers a much
smaller line. Then again for digital SLR's they only show the D and
DS. The DL is nowhere to be seen...
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All of the limited primes are still in production and faster than f2, and according
to that Pentax Japan list, a number of other primes are still available as well.
You can still order an FA 50/1.4 from B&H. The new DA 16-45 is a constant
aperture zoom, and a very good one to boot.
Paul
They don't dominate. Primes are still in the 2-2.8 range. Take a look at
Boz's page;
I looked at Boz's page yesterday. Seems that almost every lens except the
DA has been discontinued or is out of production. Only SIX primes are
shown as being in production (if i counted right), and eleven zooms. All
but one of the zooms is faster than an F4.0, and that's a 3.5. I don't
think there was a constant aperture in the bunch.
Primes in the 2.0 - 2.8 range are certainly slow, at least by the standards
of some people.
How depressing.
Shel
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