Discontinued lenses;

just saw this on the k-rumors website,


Pentax discontinued following lenses:

smcp-DA 16-45/4 ED AL Dec. ‘03
smcp-DA 14/2.8 ED IF June ‘04
smcp-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL Dec. ‘04
smcp-D FA Macro 50mm F2.8 Dec. ‘04
smcp-D FA Macro 100mm F2.8 Dec. ‘04
smcp-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited Feb. ‘05
smcp-DA 50-200mm F4.0-5.6 ED Jun. ‘05
smcp-DA 12-24mm F4.0 ED AL [IF] Nov. ‘05
smcp-DA Fish-Eye 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 ED[IF] Jan. ‘06
smcp-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited Jul. ‘06

Source: http://www.pentax.ca/discontinued/index.php#Lenses

Why should Pentax discountinue this lenses? The answer is simple…new lenses are coming! There is also someone who believes the new lenses will work on Pentax Fullframe cameras…

this is the quote from the website not mine,

Or to give them all some sort of basic weatherproofing?

They are NOT discontinued!

The link you gave doesn't list any of the above lenses at all, it lists only FAJ, FA, F and older manual A, M & K lenses as well as 645 and 67 lenses.

Under the heading of DA there are no lenses listed.

It would appear that k-rumours are just rumouring (again!).

There is no doubt that some new lenses will appear in the future, that's a given, but no-one outside of Hoya/Pentax knows anything about FF digital lenses, but as we already know, several of the existing lenses will cover a 35mm FF film circle, but their performance on a FF digital sensor is unknown.

Unless I'm missing something, there are no lenses listed under the DA section of the source web site. Beat me to it Richard

sorry i only copy and pasted what i saw on the website

DA 50-200mm F4.0-5.6 ED is discontinued and the DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL also very likely since we have a lot of other version of them.

Thus propagating the rumour.

I doubt the accuracy of that list anyway, according to it the Pentax Auto 110 Super was introduced 2 years after the last lens for it was discontinued.

that doesn't seem likely to me.

Edit, I just re-read the list and actually it doesn't give lens discontinued dates at all, they are all date introduced.

I find that the older FA lenses (all discontinued) still give me the best results on my K10D's smaller sensor. I am still raving about my FA 28-200 3.8-5.6. WHAT A LENS!! Lets hope all roads lead to a full frame PENTAX to be launched soon

I hope the 12-24 isn't stopped I'd like to get one!

Even at todays prices? Wealthy fellow!

Not all are discontinued
the three limiteds (31mm, 43mm and 77mm) are still being produced, as, I believe, the 50mm F1.4, but this is still to be confirmed (one place said it was stopped being made in 2004, yet another says still made albeit in smaller numbers)
the two macros, the 50 and 100, were called FA, but now DFA. They are for all intents and purposes the same lens but with very minor adjustments.

Its just a shame that the 35mm F2 is no longer being made, having stopped earlier this year (so I believe)

I believe that there are a few still around, probably some Samsung ones. LINK

Stil Some Pentax 35mm f2's available it seems link

Cheers guys, whether I trust Park is another thing

However, thanks for this, I might be able to get one after all.