From: Igor Roshchin
Does anybody know what happened with Tokina lenses for Pentax?
I very much like my Tokina ATX Pro 28-70/2.6-2.8.
This was my first lens for Pentax cameras that I bought with Zx5n.
When Hoya bought Pentax, Tokina stopped producing any lenses in Pentax
mount, and as far as I understood, started producing some of the Pentax
lens designs in other mounts (10-17 fisheye, 12-24, 100/2.8 Macro.
Now, that the relation through marriage has broken apart, and Tokina
again makes lenses on its own, - will they start producing any
lenses in Pentax mount? (like the new 16-28/2.8, 11-16/2.8)
Or are they still under some contractual obligation that forbids that?
http://www.thkphoto.com/tokina/
Does anybody know?
Igor
I know that back when Hoya bought Pentax, I was told in no uncertain
terms here on the list that there was no relationship between Hoya &
Tokina.
THK was merely the U.S. distributor who handled Hoya filters & Tokina
lenses; that there were only a few specific lenses that were jointly
designed by Pentax & Tokina where Pentax manufactured the K-mount and
Tokina manufactured the lens for Nikon & Canon and that Tokina was free
to offer their own independent designs in K-mount if they chose to do so.
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