Well let's just speculate that Pentax does produce a FF body. That does not necessarily mean that APS size lenses go down the tubes does it? The camera could sense or one could set a switch indicating that a smaller format lens is being used, and the resulting raw or .jpg file would not show any vignetting.
Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem >different >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:37:32 -0500 > >Who says that Pentax can't have two different format "miniature" format >DSLRs, or you'll just have to suck it up and eventually replace all >those DA lenses while the APS sensor DSLR are phased out. Pentax gets >more profits from lens sales and can stay in business and create more >new products. > >Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I'm still not buying it. Too many DA lenses popping up. No DFA lenses > > other than long glass. And APS-C sensor technology will undoubtedly > > progress. Add to this the bad angles you encounter using full frame > > with the Pentax K mount and the forthcoming 645D, and I'm betting no > > full frame DSLR from Pentax. But we'll see. I will be pleased if they > > do make one. More choices are a good thing. > > Paul > > On Dec 20, 2006, at 4:21 PM, Tom C wrote: > > > > > >> Hey.... I thought that's what myself, Rob Studdert, P.J. have been > >> saying > >> for several years now, followed by loud boos and hisses about how the > >> industry has abandoned the 135 format.... > >> > >> > >> Tom C. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >>> Subject: Re: Dpreview's D200 jpeg overall conclusion: same problem > >>> different > >>> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:43:53 -0500 (EST) > >>> > >>> Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Actually my quite reliable sources told me that next semi-pro body > >>>> from Sony will have FF sensor and it will be priced well below > >>>> Canon 5D. > >>>> > >>> Not surprising (well, maybe the price part is!), especially since > >>> Sony > >>> makes their own sensors. > >>> > >>> As the pixel-count wars show no signs of abating and noise > >>> performance > >>> at ISO 1600 and up is a hot topic, manufacturers will have no choice > >>> but to increase sensor size on their top models in the future as they > >>> go beyond 10-12 megapixels. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > >-- >Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > --Albert Einstein > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
