On 20/09/2007, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did get a pretty firm "the f/1.7 variant has been discontinued" when I > asked the local distributor about the availability of normal lenses > before I bought the one mentioned earlier. I'm not sure, however, that > such responses are the rule, or if Pentax themselves would say it. (The > distributor in question is an independent company, as far as I know.)
My local distributor claimed that the LX had been discontinued as new models were made available in Japan, so don't believe all they tell you. They may just mean they they have ceased to sell and support the particular item. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net