I wouldn't look much into this. Designing full frame 50mm and 100mm lenses is easy, so why would anyone make a aps format specific version of these. All reduced frame (APS) lenses from all manufacturers (except Olympus) thus far have been wider than 18mm.
Canon 18-55 Pentax 16-45 Pentax 14 Nikon 10.5 Nikon 12-24 Nikon 18-70 Nikon 17-55 On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 23:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > See below from Boz's site. Does the aperture ring and 35mm coverage mean that Pentax > is planning a 'full frame' pro-ish digital, why else would the new lenses have such > coverage? > > 'According to DPreview, Pentax has announced two new and exiting lenses: smc > Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm F2.8 and smc Pentax-D FA Macro 50mm F2.8. Both are part of a > new lens series with two very exciting aspects: an aperture ring and coverage for > the full 35 mm image circle. It seems that the "DA" series (no aperture ring, > APS-sensor coverage) aims at low-budget customers whereas the "D FA" is for the > professionals and enthusiasts.' >
