Joe, I seem to remember (may be wrong of course) that FA* where hand assembled. If I'm right, it might explain why Pentax won't assemble them all just for the fun of it.
2007/8/13, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Me (previously): > > The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably > > this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and > > assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these > > lenses will be available as long as the stock of components lasts. > > Whan that is gone, no more will be made. > > I'm quite certain that my A15/3.5 was made to order as well, although > Pentax > doesn't advertise it as being done that way. It took way longer to get than > it would have, had it been a stock item, even warehoused in Japan. > > William Robb > > ----- > > I'm still trying to figure out the economics of this. Is assembly so > much more expensive than making parts that it makes sense for Pentax to > make the parts but not assemble them until someone orders a lens? > > Come to think of it, for most lenses Pentax must have parts stockpiled > for repairs. Perhaps that is how it works. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
