If this Pentax 'absorption' comes to pass, my hope is that any telaconverters the two should produce, will be designed and engineered by Pentax.
Jack --- John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 12/21/06 2:20 AM, "Michel Carrère-Gée", > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > Hoya isn't Tokina brand, or Tokina isn't Hoya brand ? > >> > > > > Both Tokina and Kenko are under Hoya. > > Hoya is becoming a true optical congromerate. > > > > Ken > > That makes sense of something I read recently about Tokina's new 10 - > 17 > fisheye zoom being a joint development with Pentax. They're > apparently > the same lens mounted in different barrels. > > I would hope this means that some of Tokina's more desirable lenses > will > be available in PKAF mount. It's always seemed kind of stupid to me > that > lenses would be available in Nikon, Canon and Minolta mounts, but not > > Pentax, especially since I think Pentax had slightly greater market > share than Minolta. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
