Thanks for posting! From Kimio Tanaka again.
Photo of the Day PENTAX Q??????????? ?? ??1
In the blog post:
- He apologizes for not having followed up his posts with pictures sooner.
- Some people suggested Ricoh must have got angry with him, but nothing was said to him at all.
- The name of the lens is smc PENTAX MACRO 20mmF2.8, and that is the inscription on the lens.
- He doesn't know much detail about the technical specs of the lens and his comments are just from his impression of using the lens.
- It's a 20mm lens, which works out equivalent to a 92mm macro in 35mm film equivalent terms when mounted on the Q-S1 or Q7.
- Working distance is 8cm.
- Length is 50mm; weight is 70g. It's lighter than it looks.
- AF is fast.
- It's normal for prototype lenses from all makers to be very good, and this lens is good as you would expect.
- The only slight weakness he has perceived is a tendency to flare a little.
Test chart, taken at F2.8 and ISO 160 -
http://www.thisistanaka.com/photo-day/photo31/macro.jpg
I'm struggling with the last sentence, but I think he is saying that he believes Ricoh is still thinking about what to do with the lens, and he is going to say more in future blog posts.
Just noticed there's a picture of the lens on his Q7 on his twitter.
https://twitter.com/thisistanaka/status/863268036022632448/photo/1