I look at it as more like a old style 58mm normal lens, abet a bit slow. J. C. O'Connell wrote:
>Isnt the focal length a little odd for pentax digital (60mm equiv.)? >They need a 26mm pancake to emulate the old 40mm on film. No? >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >P. J. Alling >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:38 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Well, that's it, I cracked. > >It's smaller, really a pancake, since it has no aperture ring. It's a >DA lens that covers full frame, but it's not guarantied to cover full >frame. If you use it on film and don't like the results you have no >right to complain. > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > >>I wasn't aware that they had added a new pancake and already >>Stated that. Is it as small as the original pancake? I still >>Am not clear as to whether the new one is APS or FF? >>jco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>gfen >>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:18 PM >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: RE: Well, that's it, I cracked. >> >>On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Sorry for my error, isnt this a APS only format lens? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>He zigs, he zags! >> >>Wasn't that the topic of discussion here? Refusal to buy a Pentax DSLR >>because you can't use your K mount lenses the way that God intended >> >> >them > > >>to be? That Pentax "professional" DSLRs should include this option (and >> >> > > > >>for the record, I'm not disagreeing with you, no sir, I agree >> >> >completely > > >>on this, but even I relented and am attempting to move on)? >> >>And then, to back it up, you offered us the inability to use the >>M40/2.8, >>only to be stymied when you realized there wasn't just an updated >>40/2.8, >>but additional pancake lenses in the line? >> >>Maybe your argument gets easier to follow upon subsequent readings, but >>on >>our maiden voyage here, I'm not sure I can figure out the destination >>we're piloting to. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
