>maybe they don't want this > popular standard lens in K-mount because they will have to compete with > Samsung now?
What? I don't believe that. Any manufacturer is in it for the money! I just don't belive it's profitable to make them with Pentax mount. The Tamron AF 200-500mm is not available in K-mount either. But the old MF was (very rare). I guess there's just not enough K-mount buyers. So they just make them for Canon and Nikon - which probably covers 90% of the market. Or perhaps Pentax just paid Tamron not to ;-) Pentax and Tamron has been coopereating before, since Tamron manufactured certain Pentax lenses. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Kostas Kavoussanakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 15. februar 2006 16:24 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Tamron introduces DI 17-50/2,8 On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > New, bright APS-C dedicated lens: > http://www.tamron.co.jp/en/news/release_2006/news0215_a16.html > Unfortunately no Pentax mount for now but there's Minolta version planned. > Rumours are that Sony has some Tamron shares and maybe they don't want this > popular standard lens in K-mount because they will have to compete with > Samsung now? I believe I have read this here before: selling lenses or sensors is a different business line and they just sell to make money. It is not the first manufacturer not to issue a lens in Pentax mount. Kostas
