Pål wrote: While it's true that the K lenses were made for only two years there were in fact made a few million more K and M lenses than Pentax screw mount lenses. So I guess the most common 50mm lenses from Pentax are the K and M.
A quick scan of the Pentax sections of EBay and KEH suggests that the 50/1.4 was more common during the Takumar (screwmount) days. When switching to K mount, Pentax seems to have bundled most of its bodies with 50/1.7s and 50/2s. The situation is even grimmer with Ricoh. About the only fast (f/1.4) Rikenon 50s I've seen are in screwmount. (I owned one but never used it; Takumar-quality build.) The world is awash with XR Rikenon 50/2s and Rikenon P 50/2s. But I have seen just one or two XR Rikenon 50/1.4s and no Rikenon P 50/1.4s. (If you see the latter for sale, please tell me!) Paul Franklin Stregevsky - 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 .
