Mmm I don't think that this is what Ken told us some time ago. I thought that in any cas (whetever which one came with the optical design) both brands were designing their barrels by themselves.
2006/10/3, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > Also, all three new Pentax DA* lenses will be produced under D-Xenon > > "brand" too. Designed by Pentax, manufactured by Tokina, sponsored by > > Samsung :) > > > > BR, Margus > > > > ----- > > > > So the S-K versions of these lenses will be made for Samsung by Tokina? > > Is this the case for all S-K lenses? > > > > Margus, are you sure about this information? > > > > If true, it might make some sense--since Pentax is so strapped right now > > for lens manufacturing capacity. > > > > This is important, because the Tokina version of the 12-24 does not test > > as well as the Pentax version. Samsung versions of K-mount lenses might > > now be as good as the Pentax versions. > > > > Joe > > > > I'm pretty sure that the Samsung lenses are made by Pentax, not Tokina. > Tokina is doing the barrel design for Pentax on most of the DA zooms > (the 12-24 is a Tokina design). > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
