> > >I have also heard the rumor that >they will introduce Leica-branded version of the Panasonic DMC-L1 SLR >with 4/3 system lens mount. > The 14-50mm/F2.8-3.5 Leica D Vario Elmarit is equipped with an aperture ring. It may be the only four thirds DSLR specific lens so equipped but it has one. gfen, should be happy. Hell if Panasonic can do it why not Pentax?
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >On Jun 24, 2006, at 11:27 AM, gfen wrote: > > > >>My interest just waned that much more. I'm evidently going to continue >>being a bitter hold out .. >> >> > >You're going to be bitter a long time, I'm afraid. > > > >>Sigh, I guess it was a sign of the times when the FAJ without the >>aperature rings came out. I presume the "DA" lenses are specifically >>designed to not cover full frame and are also FAJ mount? >> >> > >All DA lenses are similar to the FA-J in not having aperture rings. >Control of the lens is up to the body. > > > >>Maybe its time I buy that Leica after all and ascend to snobbery the >>proper way. :) ... >> >> > >With a close relationship to the manager at your bank? ;-) > > > >>Gah, next thing someone'll tell me they've gone all funny, too... >> >> > >Leica is due to introduce a digital version of the M able to take its >M-bayonet lenses later this year. I have also heard the rumor that >they will introduce Leica-branded version of the Panasonic DMC-L1 SLR >with 4/3 system lens mount. > >Life moves on. You either stick with what you have because you like >it, or you move with the way things go. I do a little of both. I >bought the Pentax DS, enjoyed a bevy of older lenses, but then >upgraded one at a time to the latest series and sold off the older >ones. You get the most out of a modern body with the latest lenses. > >Godfrey > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
