Mark Roberts wrote: > Tom C wrote: > >> Well let's just speculate that Pentax does produce a FF body. That > does not >> necessarily mean that APS size lenses go down the tubes does it? The > camera >> could sense or one could set a switch indicating that a smaller format > lens >> is being used, and the resulting raw or .jpg file would not show any >> vignetting. > > I think Nikon is rumoured to be working on just such a system. > >
The Nikon setup is rumoured to be a version of their High-Speed crop feature from the D2X/D2Xs, where you have a selectable 2x crop that's 6.9MP and 8fps or the normal 1.5x crop at 12.4MP and 5fps. The FF one would automatically crop to 1.5x when you mount a DX lens on it, according to the rumours (Sensing via electronics) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
