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P.S. Here's what I just posted on Dpreview:
Understanding Pentax management is a little like understanding
the North Korean leadership. It is smoke, mirrors, and
misdirection -- when they bother to announce anything at all.
Here's what I suspect is going on:
1. The last of these lenses were kept in Japan for the home
market. They were still listed as available, but in fact were
not outside of Japan (except for stock on hand). Pentax USA, and
other local distributors, were told some time ago that these
lenses were not available.
2. Either the stock in Japan has now sold down, or Pentax is
signaling to the home market to get the last of these lenses
while they can.
3. The positive announcement a few days ago of new lenses
forthcoming was timed so that this negative announcement would
not appear by itself -- thereby precipitating more predictions
of the imminent demise of Pentax.
Joe
