>> Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> >> >>> No, I'm with you too. >>> >>> If a larger sensor 35mm style camera were coming from Pentax, their >>> new lenses would be rendered useless. Why would they do that to >>> themselves? >>> >> And encourage us to buy new lenses? Gosh, no! >> > > After getting pissed on for compromising K/M lens usability? > If Pentax were to introduce a larger sensor with the same pixel density as the current one, the lenses would give an output just as good as on the current bodies. You just crop off what's outside the area not covered by the lens... Like somebody else mentioned, the body might conceivably do this automatically. And it's been argued in the past that we don't know if the current lenses support a higher density sensor that well, either...
Also, as I sort of mentioned elsewhere on this thread, it's been reported that at least some of the DA lenses actually cover a larger area than APS-C, although perhaps not quite the full 35mm format. (Might this be due to a conscious design decision by Pentax engineers?) - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
