They were listed as current products, not historical, not bargain
closeouts. You went to the products page, and they broke out the lenses
by type. Japan had them mixed together by focal length, with K/M, A F
and FA in the same list. Pentax USA had them by focal length group and
grouped by lens mount under that. IIRC. In fact Japan had A FA and F
lenses that were no longer listed on the Pentax USA or Pentax Canada
Site as still current on their English language pages for several months
after the US and Canada pages were changed.
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:09 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>
>
>>Many K lenses were also listed as current at the Pentax Japan site,
>>until just recently, I can't remember exactly which ones they were but
>>there were a couple of mirrors the shift 28mm an 400mm struck my eye.
>>I
>>can't check now, both those sites were revamped about 1 year ago and
>>the
>>lens lineups have been seriously culled.
>>
>>
>
>They were listed as "in production" or just that they had them
>available? This is a big difference. Like I said, I hold no illusions
>that the brand new SMC-F 50mm f1.4 was made any time recently, despite
>the fact that it was available new from Pentax Canada. Likewise the
>SMC-A* 400mm f2.8. It's just a slow moving product that they still had
>stock of.
>
>Anyways, the mirrors will meter just fine because they only operate
>wide open.
>
>-Aaron
>
>
>
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