These are supposed to be FA-J aren't they? ------------------------ Thibouille
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:30:13 +0200, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the only reason it's named a DA lens (and not D-FA) is the lack > of aperture ring? > It seems too good to be true... unfortunatelly, it won't match a ME Super :( > Well, time to get a Super Program <grin> > > Alex Sarbu > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:51:20 -0500, Lindamood, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, Rod Studdert's spider shot posted below is way terrific, despite his > > lousy gear. Good on ya! Here's it's north american cousin through a 100mm > > F and a bad scanner. > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=001U4Q&photo_id=265367&photo_sel_index=0 > > > > Second, Margus Mannik's observation of no DA 40mm vignetting through the > > PZ-1p viewfinder is also terrific. Several have posted that the DA lenses > > throw only an APS-size image circle, but I can't see any reason why that's > > the case. The DA 40mm objective element is exactly the same size as the > > original pancake, and the entire lens formulation is probably similar. Why > > would it throw a smaller circle? > > > > What I'm getting at is whether the lens will work on the other Pentax > > bodies despite being advertised as exclusive to the *ist bodies. Maybe > > Pentax is just trying to avoid sales competition with the 43 ltd.????????? > > Margus, can you post one of your shots with that nice DA 40mm lens? > > > > http://www.eol.ee/~margus/arvutikasutaja/pancake.jpg > > > > > >
