Toralf Lund wrote: > David Savage wrote: >> On 9/19/07, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Like I said, I know for a fact that you may easily get the FA 50/1.4 >>> new, yet those too have been selling for ridiculous prices. Or, not >>> quite as ridiculous as some other items, including the teleconferences >>> you mention, but I've seen several go for way more than what B&H >>> Photo/Adorama will charge.
>> You can now. >> >> About a year ago Pentax couldn't seem to make them fast enough. > Really? So they have been made quite recently, then. Bojidar thinks this > lens was discontinued in 2004. I've been assuming he was right in the > sense that it hadn't been produced since then, and that they'd just sold > old stock lately. But also that he was wrong in that there hasn't been > an official announcement of the discontinuation of the lens, and the > production may just be temporarily shut down because of large stocks. > > - Toralf Honest question: Does Pentax announce it when they cease production of any item, no matter what? Seems to me I recall so many messages simply saying that some given item couldn't be located anymore, in spite of a search of suppliers/distributors. So, after a while, people finally get the point... Does anyone know if the company has a policy on that, one way or another? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
