I think you are wrong (and have been proven to be so today). At least on the wide angle side they need some dedicated digital lenses. They need something like a rectilinear 12mm, which will be very difficult and expencive to produce in a full frame version.
Also, I think any full frame sensor from Pentax will be in the 645-system, so why maintain the full frame 135-format lenses? DagT > Fra: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Perhaps this is old info, as the archieves are a bit behind, but here it is: I > understand there's a new lens series coming soon. These are lenses particularly > suited for digital but it is not lenses with reduced image circle. Hence, they can > be used on film cameras as well. I understand that these lenses will get a certain > label identifying them effectively making them a series in the Pentax tradition. > What these lenses are all about is unknown to me. It could be just marketing talk > like "digital ready" lenses, or they are about fine tuning optical characteristics > to suit digital photography (I believe that film and digital may put different > demands on lenses). Or there might be other features as well. > I believe these lenses are the ones referred to in Pentax press release from earlier > this year about lenses particularly suited for DSLR's. They are probably also the > lenses refered to by Pentax sources as the "good things to come in the fall". I > understand these are high-end or mid-level lenses. As an embargo date is tomorrow, > maybe they will be revealed then along with the *ist D final specifications? > > Anyway, those who want the *ist D soon better put one for order now. Initially, only > 6000 bodies will reach Europe and they will immediately be sold. I suspect the > delivery situations may be similar in other markets. > > Pål > > > >
