Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-17 Thread Alan Chan
>thanks very much for your suggestions. However, > > > Lens name: SMC Pentax-FA 1:2 100mm > > Length: > > Diameter: > > Weight: > > Filter Thread: 49mm > > I guess one needs at least a 52mm filter thread here. What was I thinking...? :) regards, Alan Chan __

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Paul F.
>Giancarlo suggested- > >Lens name: Pentax SMC FA 17-45/2.8 AL >Length: 80mm >Diameter: 82mm >Weight: 560g >Filter Thread: 77 I'd definitely buy this lens, and may i suggest the following ultra-ultra wide zoom: Lens name: Pentax SMC FA 14-28/2.8* AL Filter Thread: 77 max - if thread greater than

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Arnold Stark
Hello PDML, I have collected all the propositions that have been sent so far, and I made a table containing most of them. This table can be seen at http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/hp/stark/wishlenspoll.htm If you want corrections to be made, please send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If yo

Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built (2)

2002-10-15 Thread Arnold Stark
Hello PDML, I have collected all the propositions that have been sent so far, and I made a table containing most of them. This table can be seen at http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/hp/stark/wishlenspoll.htm If you want corrections to be made, please send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If yo

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Peter Alling
At 09:52 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, you wrote: >--- gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Arnold Stark wrote: > > > yes, now I would like to ask you to, what prime > > lenses would you like > > > that Pentax would have built in k-mount at some > > time in the past > > > (starting 197

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Dan Scott
Lens name: Pentax SMC A 15mm f:3.5 Limited Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: rear filters Other: rectilinear Lens name: Pentax SMC A 21mm f:2.5 Limited Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: rear filters Other: Lens name: Pentax SMC FA 63mm f:2.5 Macro Limited Length: Diameter: Wei

Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Arnold Stark
Hello Alan Chan, thanks very much for your suggestions. However, > Lens name: SMC Pentax-FA 1:2 100mm > Length: > Diameter: > Weight: > Filter Thread: 49mm I guess one needs at least a 52mm filter thread here. Greetings from Hamburg, Arnold

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-15 Thread Camdir
<< Lens name: 200mm F1.8 A* IFED > Length: 300mm exactly > Diameter: 120mm > Weight: 1750grammes > Filter Thread: 112mm > Other: B/in hood plus bayonet extension hood, accepts rear filtersize 49mm, dedicated externally geared circular polariser, integral carry handle/tripod mounting

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Scott Nelson
> I want a FA 300mm f1.0, something that would be so > monstrously huge and heavy it would need it's own car > to move it around. Like a self-propelled gun from > WWII. It wouldn't use screw-on filters, but the > tinted windows of a low-rider. Multicoated, of > course. :) > Can you imagine th

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Michel Adam
Lens name: SMC-A 8mm f/1.0 Circular Fish-eye Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: Other:Fixed focus, ideal for all-sky aurora photography -- Len

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread David A. Mann
Numbers are complete guesses but I'm trying to be realistic... Lens name: SMC Pentax-FA* 400mm f/4.0 ED IF Length: 300mm (not including hood) Diameter: 120mm (not including hood) Weight: 2500g Filter Thread: 49mm (rear) Other: Focus limit switch, AF/MF clutch, bayonet-mounting hood, minimum focu

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
SMC Pentax-FA LIMITED 1:2.0 15mm and/or SMC Pentax-FA LIMITED 1:2.0 18mm Something fast and wide along these figures. Would be perfect for astrophoto, especially Aurora. If not for 35mm, then maybe for the 67 and I'll join the MF brotherhood ;-) Antti-Pekka --- * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsin

Re: Subject: Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Robert Soames Wetmore
Yes, now THESE are some nice choices!!! >Lens name: A*SMC 35/1.2 ED Lens name: A*SMC Pentax 1:1.4 20mm >Lens name: A*SMC Pentax 200/2 ED > >Steve Larson >Redondo Beach, California _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and p

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Steve Larson
One stop faster please! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built PRESS RELEASE Pentax is proud to announce

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread pentax
PRESS RELEASE Pentax is proud to announce the ultimate and first ever produced K-series lens for the 35mm market since more than 20 years : The new SMC Pentax 1:2 34mm light reportage manual focus lens. This lens reproduces the look, feel and mechanical standards that prevailed during the origi

RE: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Łukasz Kacperczyk
Lens name: SMC M/A/Limited 1:2.8 75-150mm Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: 49mm-55mm Other: focusing down to 0.7 m Regards, Łukasz

Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Alan Chan
Lens name: SMC Pentax-FA LIMITED 1:3.5 15mm Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: Other: Lens name: SMC Pentax-FA LIMITED 1:1.4 50mm Length: Diameter: Weight: Filter Thread: 49mm Other: ---

Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Steve Larson
Lens name: A*SMC 35/1.2 ED Length: Very Diameter: Huge Weight: Massive Filter Thread: 72mm Other: All Metal, Brass Helicoid Lens name: A*SMC Penta

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Robert Soames Wetmore
1. Lens name: FA*50mm/1.0 (below are guesses, not requirements) Length: 3.5" Diameter: 3.8" Weight: 2.5 lbs Filter Thread: 72mm Other: optimized for wide open shooting, ghostless coatings, price less than $3000 2. Lens name: FA*21mm/4 tilt-shift (below are guesses, not requirements) Length: 3.4"

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Alexander Krohe
"If in the past or now the Pentax boss owed you a favor, what prime lens would you have asked him to make/would you ask him to make" Lens name: FA 400/4.5 ED IS Length: <25cm Diameter: 10cm Weight: maximum 2kg Filter Thread: 95mm Other: image stabi

Re: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Rapp
Arnold, Next poll suggestion. Pentax lenses you whished they still manufactured. Bob - Original Message - From: "Arnold Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > yes, now I would like to ask you to, what prime lenses would you like > that Pentax would have built in k-mount at some time in the pa

Re: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread gfen
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Arnold Stark wrote: > yes, now I would like to ask you to, what prime lenses would you like > that Pentax would have built in k-mount at some time in the past > (starting 1975), or that Pentax would come out with now I want an A50/1.0. Doesn't mean I'd buy it, but its wh

RE: Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread tom
> > Lens name: FA 35mm f/1.4 > Length: big > Diameter: fat > Weight: heavy > Filter Thread: yes > Other: > > > Lens name: FA 20-35/2.8 > Length: big > Diameter:

Poll: Primes that we wish Pentax had built

2002-10-14 Thread Arnold Stark
Hello PDML, yes, now I would like to ask you to, what prime lenses would you like that Pentax would have built in k-mount at some time in the past (starting 1975), or that Pentax would come out with now If in the past or now the Pentax boss owed you a favour, what prime lens would you have a