Quote Originally Posted by Fred Dagg View Post
With respect, I doubt that a lens would be released in NZ only. We only have 4 million people - it's just not viable - and large companies generally treat us as a semi-autonomous adjunct to Australia. Hoya is no exception to this.

As far as I know, Seiko progs are not available in NZ, which is why I'm interested after the big raps you guys give the Surmount on here. Thanks for any info.
Hoya is testing the lens in NZ market, but I don't exactly which of the many Seiko techs have carried over, I only have seen one sample. Both execs at Hoya and Seiko were shocked I knew, and tight lipped about what was in the lens. But when I held it up it definitely had some Seiko flavor.