If somebody is interested, here is the website of the company representing this lens (Kowa) in the US: http://kowa-sporting-optics.com/telephoto-lens#Features-tab
Igor > From: Igor Roshchin > > > > I already posted a photo of colorful Pentax lenses > ( http://42graphy.org/misc/PentaxLensesJapan.jpg ). > > Here are a snapshot of colorful Pentax K-30: > http://42graphy.org/misc/PentaxBodiesJapan.jpg > > > >From the same store in Tokyo, - there was a K-30 body with a long > telephoto lens mounted on it (Prominar 500/5.6): > http://42graphy.org/misc/ProminarAndSMCP-1_7x.jpg > http://42graphy.org/misc/Prominar.jpg > > I saw that the lens was mounted together with a teleconverter. > What I didn't realize until now, that it was actually SMC-AF-1.7x, > as I thought it was also by Prominar. > (I had very limited time, and hence didn't look carefully.) > > What I also didn't realize is that the lens had different mount > adapters. > It can be seen on this website: > http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/loupe-studio/item/kw-tp556/ > > Here is some description of the lens and how it works: > http://www.kowa-prominar.com/new/telephoto101103.htm > > The base lens cost was 254 300 JPY which is roughly just below $3200. > The cheapest adaptor is about $280; others are approximately $445 and 560. > > Igor > > > -- 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.
