On 1 June 2012 12:03, 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.
Maybe they'll release a DFA 50mm f/1.7 for the new camera. Without an
aperture ring. Those things are relics of the past.
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