Re: Pentax Outsourcing Optical Design

[Joseph Tainter]

Ken, thanks very much for your clarification, which I have just 
seen. (Mail-Archive just came back to life when I pointed out 
the Jeff that it was not archiving.) This is great information, 
and it is good to know that this information is publicly 
available in Japan.

You wrote:
"As I said, above seem to apply only for the budget lenses. 
Fast lenses I am sure are of purely Pentax's."

What about the forthcoming DA 16-50 F2.8 and DA 50-135 F2.8? Do 
you know who will design the optics of these?

Very best,

Joe