I'm not sure what you mean, aside from the obvious fact that it has a wider FOV. I had the DA14 and sold it. I'm not much of a wide angle guy, although i just bought a K28 3.5 as a normal. The crop factor is a non-issue for me.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry, > Put the FA31mm limited on a film camera body and shoot a roll of film. > It will change how you feel about the 1.5x crop of today's sensors. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:47 PM, Miserere wrote: >> >>> It's all here, if you're interested: >>> >>> http://enticingthelight.com/2010/11/01/speaking-to-pentax-at-photoplus-expo-in-new-york/ >>> >>> The 645D? What a camera... Lovely viewfinder too. >> >> Thanks for posting this. >> >> Pentax needs to sell cameras now. If Ned says that the price on the K-5 is >> going to drop $200 in a month, no one will buy one this month. >> >> When I started buying lenses for my K100 a couple years back, I didn't buy >> any lenses that wouldn't work with a 24x36 sensor because I was worried that >> a "full frame" camera would render them obsolete. Now, I buy the equipment >> that solves today's problem. >> >> The needle tracks up and down both of my arms spell out "fast primes", but >> my K-x will do better in low light with f/2.8 glass than my K100 did with >> f/1.8 glass, the K-5 better still. Pentax will get more low light benefit >> for their development dollar from Moore's law than they ever can hope to >> with fast primes. My guess is that they'll put their efforts into sharp >> zooms, possibly small, sharp zooms. >> >> The next generation of photographers may be buying cameras never having used >> a camera that hasn't had a zoom lens. It's what they'll expect, and what >> they'll look for when shopping. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
