That could happen. I would imagine that the DA lenses were designed with some room for sensor expansion. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Whatever size sensor Pentax uses in the K1D, we can > > be sure it will work with DA lenses. They wouldn't > > be introducing a full line of expensive lenses for > > cameras that can't use them. So FF is definitely a > > no go. > > Paul > > That's a good point, Paul. I was thinking about that > last night. Couple this with the press release and it > seems that a FF camera is most likely not in the > cards...at least not right away. The lens map hasn't > pointed to anything much larger in sensors, that can't > be argued. Unless of course they pull a new body/new > lenses release thing as they done many times in the > past. But I'm not holding my breath. > > But how about a K1D with a APS-H sized sensor like in > the new Mark III? That could be cool, plus the boost > in pixels. > > -Brendan > > > > > -------------- Original message > > ---------------------- > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > > > > >But they just can't go on increasing the density > > of APS sized sensor > > > >ad infinitum, it will only end in tears. > > > > > > It's true. If the K1D is 14 megapixels as > > reported, it'll certainly > > > have to have a larger sensor than APS-C if they're > > going to meet users' > > > (ever-increasing) demands for low noise. (I would > > expect around a 1.3 > > > crop to keep it usable with current DA lenses.) > > > > > > Here's a sobering statistic I just read: > > > Even if Canon pushes the upcoming 1Ds-III up to 22 > > megapixels as > > > rumored it will still have *lower* pixel density > > (that is, larger > > > pixels) than the Nikon D2x does *now* at 12 > > megapixels. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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