Im still not so secretly yearning for a FF M42 DSLR body that actually pushes the auto pin on the lens at exposure, Like a digital capture spotmatic. No stupid adapters and using clumsy manual stopdown techniques with the auto aperture M42 lenses. Might as well dream...
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon) On 3/10/2010 3:48 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 9/3/10, jtainter, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp >> > One thing confuses me. It's a 645D - yet the sensor size means that > it's really a 433D or thereabouts. So existing 645 lenses will be > crippled by the same 1.5x crop factor that the K-7 and it's earlier > siblings have? > > So a serious landscape photographer who had what once was a fabulous > wide angle on his film Pentax 645 will now have a fabulous not-so-wide > and have to buy an even wider lens to compensate if he/she wants more > of the same? > > Sure, things open up in the telephoto end, but for 'MF' digital, > surely the wider end is more important? > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > I hate to say this since I wasn't one of those anxiouly anticipating this box, but I was hoping for no more than a 1.1 crop. Oh well. I've thought that a full frame K mount wasn't really necessary for some time, I'd like one but hell a 1.1 - 1.3 crop would good enough. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface subtly weird.\par } -- 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.
