PRESS RELEASE
Pentax is proud to announce the ultimate and first ever produced K-series lens
for the 35mm market since more than 20 years :
The new SMC Pentax 1:2 34mm light reportage manual focus lens.
This lens reproduces the look, feel and mechanical standards that prevailed
during the original K-mount era (approx. 1975-1980), and embedding cutting-edge
optics. The whole lens is built in titanium making it the lightest lens of its
class on the 35mm market.
It is sold with dedicated lens-hood (clip on type) and with a little matching
case. Order now ans get a free set of yellow and red filters for B&W
photography !
Specifications of the Product
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Lens name: SMC Pentax 1:2 34mm
Length: 24mm
Diameter: 63mm
Weight: 130g
Filter Thread: 49mm
Other: Titanium-made and black-painted,
Ghostless Coating, really sharp at f/2.8
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Opinions from the press
"A nice lightweight lens for discrete reportage with something like an MX.
You would take it everywhere you go because of its compactness and speed."
"Sharp wide open, it sharpens up a lot at f/2.5 thanks to the nice detent
setting between f/2 and f/2.8, and it becomes really sharp at f/2.8. Of course
it is awesome at f/4 - f/5.6. Very clear depth of field diagrams on the lens
allows you to focus and hyperfocus very accurately, even in the night thanks to
phosphorescent letters. Focuses up to 0.25m and has awesome bokeh comparable to
50/1.4's. Gives extremly good results with films like tri-X."
"This lens will not be a limited series, and because it does not use a much too
complicated formula nor any AL elements, the price is reachable by most
mid-range pentax budgets."
"Pentax to release its best lens ever for 35mm"
� Arnold Stark � <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Hello PDML,
>
> yes, now I would like to ask you to, what prime lenses would you like
> that Pentax would have built in k-mount at some time in the past
> (starting 1975), or that Pentax would come out with now????
>
> If in the past or now the Pentax boss owed you a favour, what prime lens
> would you have asked him to make/would you ask him to make????
>
> - Please send your whishes to the PDML in the next 48 hours (1st step).
> - I will collect your proposals and send the list of all proposals to
> the PDML (2nd step).
> - Finally you will be able to choose 3 of the proposed lenses in your
> vote (3rd step).
>
> Please propose only realistic lenses. (For example: If you want a
> 500/f1, the diameter of such lens needs to be bigger than 500mm, and I
> do now want to make guesses about the weight of such lens). Please use
> this form to describe the lenses that you propose:
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Lens name:
> Length:
> Diameter:
> Weight:
> Filter Thread:
> Other:
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Examples: The known Pentax prototypes, which will be on the list, too:
>
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> Lens name: SMC Pentax Birds Eye 1:2.8 8.4mm
> Length: ~12 cm
> Diameter: ~10.5 cm
> Weight: ~ 600g
> Filter Thread: -
> Other: Circular Fish-Eye
> --------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------------
> Lens name: SMC Pentax 1:1.4 20mm
> Length: 65mm
> Diameter: 80mm
> Weight: 445g
> Filter Thread: 77mm
> Other: K series
> --------------------------------------------
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> Lens name: SMC Pentax-M 1:1.4 35mm
> Length: 62mm
> Diameter: 65mm
> Weight: 420g
> Filter Thread: 58mm
> Other: M-series
> --------------------------------------------
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> Lens name: SMC Pentax 1:2/300
> Length: ~300mm
> Diameter: ~ 160mm
> Weight: ~ 4.5 kg
> Filter Thread: 150mm, 52mm
> Other: -
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Have a lot of fun with this poll, and thanks in advance for your
> contributions.
>
> Arnold
>
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