On Feb 2, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > I agree with those who are reading the tea leaves of the lens road map > and seeing full frame (even though they are using the DA placeholder > (how could they really do anything else without tipping their hand?).
I would expect that the DA prefix might be used with lenses designed to work with full frame. Why not? They'll work with APS-C as well, and I would guess they would be optimized for digital and would differ somewhat from FA lenses. > > Calling the 50 a "standard" lens is the most obvious tip off. I think > it would be easiest for them just to ramp production back up for the > FA50 1.4. > > That "high magnfication" zoom lens looks like a the old FA 28-200mm > (or something new with a similar range). > > The word "Limited" in the 2013 Zoom limited is an odd one. If you look > above that range at the lenses already available you already see 3 DA > zooms that cover that focal length range, along with an FA Prime > Limited and 2 or 3 other DA primes. I just don't see needing a limited > range zoom down there for an APS-C. > > Similarly, the "DA Wide Zoom" is only slightly longer than the DA > 12-24mm. > That would only be needed if the sensor size was larger. It > would either be a 14-28mm rectilinear full frame zoom, or they are > bringing back that lens that only Pentax produced way back when, the > F17-28 fisheye. It seems more likely to me that it be a rectilinear > that would sell. > > I believe more than ever that a full frame could be announced at CP+ > for delivery later this year. Also to be announced there are probably > all three of the 2012 lenses on the road map. Keep in mind that any > new full frame lenses could also be used on APS-C cameras, the same > way that we use the older glass now. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > 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.
