Can you imagine the flapping that would have ensued, had they called the new 50 a DFA lens...? The FF contingent would have exhausted themselves long ago in all the excitement. Rumor has it that the DA 60-250 also covers FF nicely, after all....
:) -c (hopeful, but not holding my breath...) On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:03 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a lot of thoughts really. However if Pentax was really going to > announce a FF K mount camera wouldn't the latest lens, the DA 50 f1.8 which > is pretty much one of their 50mm designs going back to oh, I don't know the > middle of the 20th century, and probably covers 24x36mm frames admirably, be > designated a DFA lens? True it doesn't have an aperture ring, but it > wouldn't be the first DFA lens to be released without one. In the event of > a FF camera probably wiith a list price between $2500 and $3500 it wouldn't > cannibalize many sales of the FA 50 f1.4 lens with that camera as the lens > cost difference would be a fraction of the total package price. So either > a.) Pentax marketing has their collective heads where the sun don't shine, > or b.) there really isn't a FF camera that close in the pipeline. I'll not > take any bets either way, since this is not necessarily an either or > proposition. > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. > > > -- > 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.
