Originally posted by whatever7 I am very curious who will make lens for Samsung if its not Pentax. Sigma and Vivitar?
Vivitar doesn't make lenses. Only brands them.
List of Manuf. Vivitar used in the "old days"... Note Hoya.
6 Olympus
9 Cosina
13 Schneider Optik
22 Kino (aka Kiron)
25 Ozone Optical
28 Komine
32 Makinon
33 Asanuma
37 Tokina
42 Bauer
44 Perkin Elmer (US)
47 Chinon
51 Tokyo Trading
56 Kyoe Schoji
75 Hoya Optical
81 Polar
Vivitar Lens Manufactuers
Cosina would be a candidate.
Cosina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No reason Pentax couldn't continue to OEM lenses in a new or K mount.
Tamron, Tokina, Sigma and probably a dozen other companies would all be possibilities...... and there would be no reason to stick w/ any one of them for everything