I guess I just think in object these days, FA lenses are extensions of A lenses containing all the A capabilities therefore they are the same for this discussion. I didn't think it needed saying.
Stan Halpin wrote: >Huh? Pentax started with what are said to be very fine FA-series 645 >lenses several years ago, primes and 2-3 good zooms. They were the >first medium format camera to go to auto-focus and did it very well. >With backward compatibility to the older A lenses. >If you mean that they had nothing older than A series, then that is >true. > >Stan > >On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:37 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >>Pentax probably never made anything other than A lenses for the 645. >>I'd bet that they're even electronically equivalent to the KA mount >>lenses. So no they don't need an aperture simulator for full >>compatibility. (Thought that's probably more information than you >>really needed for a rhetorical question). I'm waiting to see if they >>allow the aperture ring to be used fully electronically. >> >>frank theriault wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 10/11/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I think I'll go buy all the used 645 glass. ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Will the 645D have an aperture simulator? ;-) >>> >>>-frank >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>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 >> >> >> > > > > -- 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
