Ken I guess you are tired... it not an FA40 but an SMC-M 40 and the focussing ring really didn't dispeared.. but the aperture one did ;)
2006/9/17, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 9/17/06 9:47 AM, "Digital Image Studio", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A classic from the comments section of the linked article: > > > > "Daniel Liu said... > > > > It's cool, but I still don't see the point of having a 40mm digital > > lens. I think 5-10mm shorter and it'd sell like pancakes. And am I the > > only one that thinks it looks weird when the grip extends farther than > > the lens?" > > 40mm DA was designed specifically to follow the pattern of FA40mm which > became popular as a true pancake in 35mm SLR. That's what the designer > said. So, it does not sound like they had any specific goal in mind other > than to create the former 40mm in a DA incarnation, also taking advantage of > the elimination of the focusing ring. It sounded almost like designers > experimented how compact a lens they can make as a precursor to the DA > compacts that followed. > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
