Hi,
FA-J lenses also have no aperture ring ... but ok, "FA-J Limited" would sound really strange. Somewhy it seems, that even Pentax official papers do not indicate this lens being suitable for film cameras.
Got my film developed today and there were some three shots made with "pancake".
Unfortunatelly, only one of 'em is one more-or-less good ... it was the very end of the roll and I just had no time to find anything better to photograph but nearest available bushes. Sun goes down really quick in here at wintertime. Whatever - myself, I do not see (at least significant) vignetting.
http://www.eol.ee/~margus/arvutikasutaja/frame34.jpg
(Z-1p (HyP/ spot metered from nearest tree / ML: f8 1/250s*), DA 40 Limited, Fuji Sensia 100, local photo lab scan).
*)damn, I was searching all my pockets to find this piece of paper with exposure data
BR, Margus
Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu 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
