Pentax will never tell you they're going to stay with reduced frame DSLRs for the foreseeable future. But they'll keep building APS size sensor K mount cameras until they don't.
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > Thanks Godfrey and Thibouille... > > The lens is attractive but expensive for my standards...and I still don't > feel confident enough to make such an investment in a reduced circle lens (at > least until Pentax states that they would never go the full frame route in > the near future). > Still, I bought the 50-200 and the kit lens, but they together are cheaper > than the 70. > > Well, I still haven't read anywhere that the lens vignettes so...there is > still some hope ;-) > > Regards, > Jaume > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: martes, 16 de enero, 2007 23:53:28 > Asunto: Re: Pentax DA70 lens has arrived ... > > I don't own any Pentax K mount film cameras so cannot check coverage. > If I had a Pentax film SLR camera, I would have kept the FA77. > > The DA40 Limited is very similar in design to the old M40/2.8, it's > design and coatings have been 'tuned' for the digital SLR bodies' > 16x24 format, so I doubt it vignettes on the 24x36 mm format. > > The DA70/2.4 Limited, on the other hand, is a completely new design > for the 16x24 format, like the DA21/3.2 Limited. How they perform on > 24x36 film is irrelevant to their design requirements ... > > G > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Thibouille wrote: > > >> 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]>: >> >>> 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... >>> > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
