On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:43 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: AlunFoto >> >> Those Hartbleis could be good company for the 645D. They used to >> provide P645 bayonet versions in the film days. Since they're all >> mechanical lenses I bet they'll be available when time comes. But gee, >> what prices... > > They were written up several years ago in Shutterbug, and at the time the > prices weren't too bad. IIRC there was a 35mm f/2.8 super-rotator that sold > for around $650 USD, and it was available in K-mount. > > http://www.hartblei.com/lenses/lens_35mm.htm > > [I guess this would be a USA website.] > > But for at least the last year Hartblei's web site listed the super-rotator > as "out of stock - please don't ask about availability" > > http://www.hartblei.com/price_list.htm > > Now I guess we know WHY, although this appears to be a completely new design > - the old ones are definitely not IF lenses.
The new lenses are clearly Zeiss CFi designs for the Hassy V-Series rebarreled into the T/S barrels. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
