Darren Addy wrote: >Not aftermarket. It clearly shows in the paperwork accompanying the >piece. However, I'm mystified.
Is that included paperwork an official Pentax document? No Pentax logo or any other company name/logo. It could be a slip included by some company doing the modification. Typeface looks like Pentax data sheets, but it's a pretty common typeface for Japanese manuals. My guess: This is a 3rd party modification (or perhaps really uncommon Pentax factory mod) for macro. It looks as if the lens has been modified to move the lens elements farther away from the focal plane to achieve close focusing capability. That would explain why there's no autofocus. >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/smc-PENTAX-FA-50mm-f-1-7-Exc-/221204147488?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item3380cb6d20 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
