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It's been interesting watching the developments of these new lenses as * (star) lenses, however there are no *'s on these lenses that I can see. IMHO there should not be a * on normal production lenses as this would dilute the specialness of those lenses built to a special or star quailty. If by the * Pentax means the color, clarity, and 3-D appearance of the image quality, then by all means, but then Pentax always gave us those qualities in our older non * lenses. There should always be special quality Pentax equipment sold at greater than normal production costs for pro's and LBAers to aspire to. If these new lenses are going to be produced in the quantity and quality required to satisfy the current craving for Pentax lenses they will not be "special." They will "just" be very high quality production lenses. This is will be AOK with me.