The expensive DA* lenses are really a new line. They're just beginning to appear. Pentax won't obsolete them. But as many have said, they seem to provide enough coverage for a sensor with a 1.3 crop. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The lens line has been in existence for years. I see no FF DSLR. > > > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2007/05/11 Fri AM 10:24:09 GMT > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D > > > > 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 <[email protected]> > > >> 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 > > >>>> [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 > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > > >> _______________ > > >> 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 > > >> [email protected] > > >> 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 > > > [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 > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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