Re: Can I use DA 16-45/f4 on my MZ-5?

2004-03-08 Thread Andre Langevin
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, William M Kane wrote: We've discussed this issue, and decided that the circle created by the DA lenses is optimized for the smaller sensor area of the *ist D. Therefore, the DA will not produce a full frame image on a normal 35mm camera. You can see this by mounting the

Re: Can I use DA 16-45/f4 on my MZ-5?

2004-03-08 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Andre Langevin wrote: You can see this by mounting the DA onto the MZ-5. Through the viewfinder you'll see that there is severe vingetting up until about 20mm, and there is still some up until the mid to high 20mm range. Beyond there it looks like it'll work (I haven't

Re: Can I use DA 16-45/f4 on my MZ-5?

2004-03-07 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Guoping, on 07 Mar 04 you wrote in pentax.list: this question bothered me a long time, and still couldn't find any answer. Thanks. You can, but - you have no aperture priority as you cannot choose the aperture on the lens - the image circle is reduced at focal ranges below 22mm. Above 22mm

Re: Can I use DA 16-45/f4 on my MZ-5?

2004-03-07 Thread alex wetmore
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, William M Kane wrote: We've discussed this issue, and decided that the circle created by the DA lenses is optimized for the smaller sensor area of the *ist D. Therefore, the DA will not produce a full frame image on a normal 35mm camera. You can see this by mounting