John Francis wrote: >On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:10:12AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: >> Has anybody commented on the "crop" setting on the top right center dial? >> I'm guessing that this is a way to keep DA lenses relevant on the Full Frame. > >I'd have thought that the camera would know when a crop-factor lens was >mounted; >all the DA lenses have the lens ID chip to identify themselves to the camera.
Perhaps the crop setting allows you to shoot in APS-C format even with a full-frame lens mounted. >So what will happen when you mount a DA lens? will there be some way for the >viewfinder to show a magnified view of just the central portion of the field? Good question. How do Nikon/Canon/Sony handle this? (I used a fill-frame Sony for years but never tried an APS-C format lens on it.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
