Just for fun... If Pentax had named their optics from their real focal lenghts (as measured by Popular Photography & Modern Photography)...
K 18/3.5 should be called a 19/3.5 K 24/2.8 a 25/2.8 A 28/2.8 a 29/2.8 M 28/3.5 a 29/3.5 the Pancake a 42/2.8 M M 50/2 a 52/2 M 50/1.7 a 52/1.7 A 50/1.4 a 52/1.4 K 50/1.4 a 52/1.4 K 50/1.2 a 52/1.2 K 55/1.8 a 56/1.8 A135/2.8 a 130/2.8 K 200/4 a 198/4 M 200/4 a 193/4 A* 300/4 a 290/4 M 28-50/3.5-4.5 a 29-48/3.7-4.6 M Famous A 35-105/3.5 a 37-103/3.4-3.6 M 80-200/4.5 a 83-205/4.6-4.7 M 20/4 ; M 85/2 ; M 100/2.8 wouldn't change... Remember the Minolta 53mm, the Konica 57mm, the Olympus 42mm, the Zeiss 25mm...? Fashionable again... 31mm, 43mm, 77mm... Andre -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
