Yeah, I'll be really curious to see some images. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:27 AM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > No matter how good a SCMP 50mm lens may be, it isn't designed for a sensor > that small. I doubt that it's resolving power is good enough to look sharp > at any reasonably large aperture, before diffraction begins to steal > resolution. > > On 6/23/2011 4:06 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> Fotodiox might be working on the adaptor as we speak. 50 mm K mount >> lenses are dirt cheap and would pack 12 MP into a 275 FOV, if my math >> is correct. >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Darren Addy<pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Part of my reply below was just WRONG. >>> The 35mm equiv. is not printed on the front of the lens. That was the >>> filter size. >>> My basic multiplication tables have failed me once again. >>> >>> Still, the descriptions refer to the 35mm equiv. and Pentax and >>> reviews all note the 35mm equiv. and crop factor (doubtless for the >>> reasons I gave). >>> >>> Darren Addy >>> Kearney, Nebraska >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Darren Addy<pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms<jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't see how "crop factor" is even relevant in a camera that doesn't >>>>> use >>>>> K-mount lenses. >>>> >>>> This comment confuses me. Crop factor is relevant because most people >>>> don't think in Field of View. They think in 35mm camera focal length >>>> equivalents. >>>> Pentax obviously thinks it is relevant, which is why their Q lenses >>>> have both the actual focal length printed on the front and also the >>>> 35mm camera focal length equivalent (which is the focal length of the >>>> lens multipled by the crop factor). >>>> >>>> Darren Addy >>>> Kearney, Nebraska >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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