100mm Pentax macro with limiter?

[K10Dennis]

I saw a brand new 100mm Pentax 100mm macro lens today, complete with a focus limiter, in the display window of a local shop in Sandton (South Africa). It was not possible to see if this was an older F or FA version or possibly the new WR.

It is definitely not the DFA100, as I have a DFA that unfortunately does not have a focus limiter. It is also quite expensive @ R8,000 (Almost US$1,000), so I am not inclined to buy similar optics to what I already have for this price.

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Dennis

 

[niyuco]

The old FA version has a focus limiter. D-FA and WR do not.

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[Alex Sarbu]

Neither the DFA nor the DFA WR have a focus limiter. My bet - it was the good ol' FA (which, btw, I have - ugly, big, heavy but with top-notch optics):
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/primes/short-tele/FA100f2.8-Macro.html
The F also had a limiter:
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/primes/short-tele/F100f2.8-Macro.html

If you saw the lens in a display window, even if you couldn't see the markings, you should be able to recognize the lens.

Alex S.

 

[K10Dennis]

Thankd for the feedback. It was the FA100.
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Dennis