Indeed as it is beleived to be the same "old" design as the original M-serie Pancake which covers 35mm.
Don't hold your breath, thoough ... 2007/1/16, Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Godfrey, > > Do you have a film camera available to check if you can see any vignetting? > (at least in the viewfinder). > I've heard that the DA40 doesn't show any... > > Thanks, > Jaume > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: PDML List <[email protected]>; DUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Enviado: martes, 16 de enero, 2007 22:26:29 > Asunto: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ... > > As mentioned the other day, I sold the FA77 lens and made way for the > new DA70. It just arrived a half hour ago. > > A tidy, compact lens, a little smaller/lighter than the FA77. It > comes with a collapsible metal lens hood and the usual (for Limiteds) > slip-off lens cap. Ugh, I hate those things ... slide out hoods and > slip-off caps drive me nutty. Happily, I didn't sell the B+W 49mm > screw-in metal, telephoto lens hood I used with the FA77. It's a > little deeper than the stock lens hood: I did a few vignetting tests > and found none, so that's what I'll use on this one too. I have a few > cheap plastic, clip-on 49mm lens caps too. The Pentax bits will just > stay in the box with the pouch. > > The Quickshift focusing mount is wonderful. I like the slightly > shorter focal length .. it's more useful to me. The lighter weight, > smaller size and Quickshift mount compensates for that 0.7 stop > decrease in lens speed. I noticed in my vignetting tests that there's > a little falloff at the corners of the frame wide open, cleans up > nicely when stopped down a bit. The finish is on par with the FA77, > FA31 and DA21 Limiteds. > > A very nice lens indeed. Now to go take some photographs. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > -- > 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
