Nonsense. Pentax has never obsoleted a line of lenses before they're introduced. On May 11, 2007, at 3:16 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> Unfortunately, it's not. Pentax has made its whole lens line > obsolete once before and has more than once introduced cameras that > will not work properly (maybe _fully_ is a better term) with other > than contemporary lenses. DA lenses seem to produce FF images over > about 24mm FL (and nobody seems to have tested the more expensive > primes for FF coverage) so Pentax would not be cutting the whole of > that particular limb off, anyway. >> >> From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/05/10 Thu PM 02:19:48 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D >> >> Irrefutable logic! >> >> Jack >> --- [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 >>> -------------- 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 >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _______________ >> Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast >> with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. >> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
