I know that, but was commenting on the fact that it was a K version not the A that Cotty mutilated to force into an unholy mating to his darkside spawned infernal photographic device.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > There are both K and A versions of the 15/3.5. In fact, i believe > there are two different K versions. > paul > On Dec 23, 2006, at 5:40 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> I think the 15mm was a K not A, one of the few things I find >> forgivable >> as it would be much easier to restore full K functionality someday... >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> Peter Fairweather wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> The answer to your question is the lenses. >>>> >>>> In a moment of madness I looked at some of the C****n lens >>>> reviews to >>>> see what was to be gained if anything by switching to the full frame >>>> 5D. The favourite wide lens was the sigma 12-24, which I have in a >>>> Pentax mount. I didn't fancy paying £1000 for a 16-35 Canon zoom >>>> with >>>> worse barrel distortion than the Sigma. Their 14mm was twice the >>>> price >>>> of the Pentax and not that well thought of. The 20mm prime was >>>> indifferent although at least not astronomically expensive. the >>>> 24 1.4 >>>> was excellent but only when stopped down and cost another £1000. The >>>> 24 2.8 was OK at best and so on >>>> >>>> Makes the advantage of a full frame sensor disappear at the wide >>>> end. >>>> I even thought of taking a hacksaw to the Pentax mounts and >>>> converting >>>> them to Canon. >>>> >>>> Has anyone ever tried that? ;> ;> >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> It's called Cotty-izing a lens, as Cotty has done exactly that to >>> an A >>> 15 and A* 85 for use on his 1DmII. Easier to do now that >>> Cameraquest is >>> selling a K-EF adaptor (You'll still need to trim the stop-down lever >>> off to clear the mirror on a FF or 1.3x crop body, but the lever >>> clears >>> the mirror on EF-S bodies). >>> >>> Plenty of people do this to get better Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon or Leica >>> wides onto the nice canon FF bodies. I personally have the Leica >>> and M42 >>> adaptors and intend on getting a Nikon adaptor as well (I have a >>> Canon >>> film body and may get a 5D if I ever get the cash, I've got an >>> extensve >>> Nikon MF collection that I'd like to use on FF) >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. >> --Albert Einstein >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
