If the 18-250 is made in Japan, it's either being made in a Hoya factory or likely being produced by Tamron using Pentax-coated and ground glass. Most Pentax lenses of that ilk are made in Vietnam.
Note that Tamron is also producing a Sony version of this lens, with Minolta-derived coatings and differing AF gearing. -Adam ----- I suspect that it will be manufactured by Tamron. This will be a high-volume lens, and Pentax's facilities in Japan are no longer sufficient for that. Joe ----- Igor Roshchin wrote: > I went today to the Photo Expo West (http://www.photoexpowest.com/) - > a Photo Exposition organized in San Diego by Delkin. > A few impressions and a few bits of information (FWIW). > > I had a chance to talk briefly with the West Coast distribution manager > (or something like that) of Pentax. > > 1. Pentax SMC 18-250 is ready. They were showing the preproduction > unit, and indicated that they expect the shipping to the stores very > soon, possibly at the end of the next week, or the following week. > (Boris, - I believe you were interested in that lens.) > Regarding its design and manufacturing he responded that it is indeed > based on the Tamron but manufactured by Pentax ("it has Pentax glass"), > and it is manufactured in Japan (the one on display was labeled as > such). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
