I believe that some of the lenses are Pentax designs that are produced by Tokina. In other words, it's a partnership that benefits everyone. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Inner Focus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:55:33 PM > > Subject: SV: Tokina AT-X 165 PRO DX 16-50mm and AT-X 535 PRO DX lenses > 50-135mmf2.8 > > > > I can't see to fin one for PKAF? > > regards > > Jens > > I'm not surprised. If you visit their site: > > www.tokinalens.com > > you'll notice that none of the newer lenses comes in Pentax mount. If I > understand it correctly, Tokina stopped producing lenses for Pentax mount > some > time ago. This is probably because they're in a partnership with Pentax and > Hoya: Pentax slightly modifies Tokina lenses and then they sell them under > the > Pentax name. I think (but I'm not sure) that this is what happened with the > 10-17mm fisheye, the 12-24 f/4, and probably the new 50-135 f/2.8 (some specs > are identical). More recently, they've rebranded the Tamron mega-zoom... I'm > a > little bit disappointed. > If the information above is wrong, please correct me. > > > A. M. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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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