The so called K lenses are officially smc-Pentax. The mount is the K
mount and all 35mm format lenses made by Pentax since discontinuing the
M42 SMC Takumars have been K (mount) lenses with the exception of one
that I know of.
Raimo K wrote:
You are right, of course - but IMO the original K lenses are those
introduced with the K bayonet in 1975 although the lenses themselves
do not have this designation. And it is not just PDML speak.
But what would be the clearest naming system - I do not know.
All the best!
Raimo K
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http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Raimo K" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Small Pentax K lens test
Well, strictly speaking - they are not. Not even M lenses.
K bayonet, yes maybe - but what generation?
According to "official" Pentax terminology (as embossed on the lenses
themselves), there never has been a line of K lenses. The K-mount
lenses
before the M line appeared were simply called SMC lenses. To call these
pre-M K-mount lenses "K lenses" is strictly an informal PDML-style
convention. I would say that "K lenses" could easily refer to all
K-mount
lenses, 1975 to the present. I think that the "K" usage should be
clear in
context.
Fred
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