----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Re: Q re DA 16-45/4 on Film
> You see, Bill, I have printed large a certain crop from the F 17-28 FE > *on film* that was rather soft towards the (even cropped) corners. The > aperture was 5.6 or may be even 8.0. The F 17-28 FE is somewhat > unpredictable in that respect. > > I haven't really tried FAJ 18-35 on film, but I don't hold my hopes > too high - after all it is kinda kit lens. Ideally I would have to > sell both FE 17-28 and FAJ 18-35 and buy FA 20/2.8 which I find rather > good idea to have done anyway. Unfortunately, either the price is > horrendous or it is not there. Yet of course FA 20/2.8 will not be too > wide on cropped body. > > It is however may be logical to assume that even the mighty film > limited lenses might have problems on full frame DSLR should such a > beast come to being. I understand what you and Godfrey's saying - the > lenses and the bodies must fit together in the technological sense. > > I am yet undecided... I am seeing plenty of very good pictures from DA > 16-45 but I am still a bit reluctant to commit myself to the DA > lens(es). > Something to consider is that even if a full frame K-DSLR camera becomes available, the current 10mp camera is more than capable of producing excellent pictures in most any situation, and most likely, a full fram camera would be a pretty expensive horse to put into your stable. I understand your reticence about geting a one size smaller lens, I went through it myself, but unfortunately, the wide angle options are just not there (from Pentax) in full frame lenses. I bought an A15/3.5 a couple of years ago. It was obscenely expensive, and is no better, and perhaps worse, than the much cheaper to buy DA14/2.8 on the DSLR. Perhaps because I have shot multiple formats for so many years, I am willing to treat the DSLR cameras as a new format, with the need to buy a few pieces of glass for it, even though it has a K-mount. I bought the Pentax 6x7 prior to buying into Pentax 35mm, and even though I could mount 6x7 lenses to 35mm, I bought several K-mount lenses, even focal lengths that were very close to my 6x7 lenses. It just seemed to make sense to do it that way. William Robb -- 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.
