Gotta wonder what Jostein is seeing. His images have looked fantastic and that sensor is mighty big. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/02/2013 10:17 AM, George Sinos wrote: >> >> On another topic, as much as everyone talks about FF cameras, I wonder >> how many are thinking about the size of the lenses. I'm not thinking >> of the old manual focus lenses that the residents of this list love so >> much. I'm talking about lenses that will actually sell today and make >> money for pentax. There is a pretty big size and weight penalty. I'm >> not sure if Pentax has magic lens design skills unknown to N and C >> designers, but I doubt it. >> >> > I would invite anyone who thinks FF is a good idea to handle a D4 with the > 17-55/2.8G lens. Combined weight is slightly under two kilos, or just over > four and a quarter pounds, and the combination is massive in size. Holding > it felt more like a Pentax 6x7 with the 135mm macro lens mounted than a 35mm > format camera for size and weight. > This is the future when Pentax goes the FF route. > > bill > > -- > 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.
