> It seems to me that people are confusing out of production with > discontinued. As far as I understand, all camera companies produce their > lenses in batches to a certain degree, and just because a lens is not > being produced right now, you should not assume it's not in the line-up > anymore. It may well be that production was temporarily halted because > there is already stock to last for a long time.
The pentax japan web site does not list any of the old FA* lenses... All gone... bar the 300 f/2.8 and the 600 f/4 .. The problem is there are no replacements. I'm no expert on lens production etc but how hard can it be to update an already excellent lens design such as the 80-200 f/2.8 and bring it in line with current digital requirements and maybe even add an SDM motor. Im sure it is quicker than designing the 50-135 from scratch and they would have had a much more desirable product. Other manufacturers seem to be able to do this quite quickly. Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
