NOT ALL DA lenses are "Reduced frame digital" so it is confusing if some of them are and some of them arent. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:06 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA70 and 24x36 coverage F FA FAJ Full frame 35mm D FA Full frame (24x36mm) Digital (what ever that means special coatings at the very least) with a f stop ring for film bodies. DA Reduced frame digital The definitions are fairly simple. Full frame will be guaranteed to cover 24x36mm Reduced frame will be guaranteed to cover 16x24mm. It's not that complicated. Boris Liberman wrote: > If you remember, Godfrey, FAJ 18-35 used to be a kit lens for *istD > when > it first came out. > > No, there is nothing confusing about it. It is just that the > definition > of what exactly is FA, FAJ, DA, D FA lens is a little blurred to me. > > Boris > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I don't know what's confusing about it. The FA-J lenses were a small >> set of modestly priced "junior" lenses in the FA series produced for >> the Film cameras. >> >> The DA series are the latest lenses designed for the Digital cameras. >> >> Just because a lens is optimized for a digital sensor doesn't mean >> that its image circle *has* to be too small to cover a larger format. >> >> G >> >> On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> >>> Well, yes, I hear what Mark, Godfrey and you are saying. But >>> consider the FAJ lenses. Although very short living (are they still >>> produced?) and with just 3 lenses - they were still full frame (proper) lenses >>> that >>> did't have an aperture ring... >>> >>> Indeed, this is confusing. >>> >>> In fact, if anyone of us who has these DA lenses (40, 70) would >>> care for >>> a (as much as I dislike this term) full frame test, it would be most >>> helpful. >>> >>> OTOH, it is known that DA 21 does *not* cover the full frame. >>> >>> Go figure... >>> >>> Boris >>> >> > > > -- Remember, it's pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
