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VAV · 08-07-2008, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by NaClH2O

There is a story circulating around (somewhere in the wilds of the web) that the ltd's were originally a private project of Pentax's senior design engineer. It seems that he was an avid amatuer photographer, and those were the focal lengths he liked the most. The lenses weren't designed for production, but after seeing how well they performed Pentax was convinced to produce them commercially.
I have searched but I cannot find where I originally read the above, probably somewhere in the bowels of DPR, but it's a cute story none the less.

NaCl(the other response is "occult numerology" )H2O

Nice little story

08-07-2008, 11:30 AM	#7
VAV Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 83	Originally Posted by NaClH2O There is a story circulating around (somewhere in the wilds of the web) that the ltd's were originally a private project of Pentax's senior design engineer. It seems that he was an avid amatuer photographer, and those were the focal lengths he liked the most. The lenses weren't designed for production, but after seeing how well they performed Pentax was convinced to produce them commercially. I have searched but I cannot find where I originally read the above, probably somewhere in the bowels of DPR, but it's a cute story none the less. NaCl(the other response is "occult numerology" )H2O Nice little story