<<Perhaps the good folks Alan has been buying from have been replacing the rear caps that come from Pentax with cheap ones for reasons of their own.
Len > Alan wrote: > > > >Somehow Pentax replaced the good old rear caps with cheap ugly push-on caps > >in mid-90's. I was surprised to find that out when I purchased the > >FA*85/1.4. What was Pentax thinking?>> The 50mm F1.2A lenses in question came direct from Pentax Japan to the wholesaler, (who did not have any in stock). It's worth mentioning that the internal packing is a bizarre assembly of perforated polystyrene, almost impossible to reassemble once it is opened. I have seen this type of packing before from Pentax, in the 40mm pancake boxes. These lenses came from the factory thus. Kind regards from sunny Brighton Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
