Interesting. Was that written by Pal Klevin, Pal Jensen, or Pal Smorvik? On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > I accidentally clicked on the wrong Mail folder and wound up in an old > PDML-related stash from long ago. The timeframe for the following, July 2004, > is around the time the *ist-D was introduced IIRC: > >> Actually, Pentax have long had a FA 87/2.4 Macro Limited lens developed that >> have not yet been released (along with a 118/2.4 Limited). The lens focus >> down to 1:2 by itself but the kit will include either a small extension tube >> or a dedicated close-up lens for bringing it down to 1:1. What solution will >> be used was not finalized when I got this info a couple of years ago. Such a >> lens could be a great replacemnt for both the two FA macros. >> >> Pål > > The context was some moaning about some macro lenses being out of production > and the sky was falling. I wonder if there is any chance some bored Ricoh > executive on his lunch break will remember the old plans and restart the > creation of some new Limiteds for the new K-1? > > stan > -- > 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.
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