From what I've heard, this is a Tokina development (it long preceded the DA version to market) that was placed in a new barrel for Pentax. It's the later lenses which are Pentax optical designs in Tokina barrels when sold as Tokinas (The 10-17 Fisheye and the new 16-50 and 50-135)
-Adam David Savage wrote: > The Tokina is a Pentax lens without the SMC :-) > > Apparently it was a jointly developed. I think I read the barrel was > designed by Tokina & the optics by Pentax. But I'm not too sure. > > Dave > > > > At 08:52 AM 28/11/2006, Beaker wrote: >> Hi- >> >> I have a Tokina AT-X 12-24 F4, (web rumors say the Pentax 12-24 is >> the Tokina lens with SMC coatings- Is this true?), and I got that >> very same case for it. The Lowepro 1W case is a snug fit for the lens >> shade, and you have to reverse the shade to make it short enough to >> zip the top closed. A little inconvenient, but it does fit. >> >> Cheers >> Mike > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
