Joseph Tainter wrote: > 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 >
That's my guess, unless Hoya's got some spare manufacturing capacity (And if it does, I hope it's being dedicated to DA*'s instead. I'd rather have a Tamron-produced 18-250 if it means a decent supply of DA* glass). -Adam -- 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.
