There are both K and A versions of the 15/3.5. In fact, i believe there are two different K versions. paul On Dec 23, 2006, at 5:40 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> I think the 15mm was a K not A, one of the few things I find > forgivable > as it would be much easier to restore full K functionality someday... > > Adam Maas wrote: >> Peter Fairweather wrote: >> >>> Mark >>> >>> The answer to your question is the lenses. >>> >>> In a moment of madness I looked at some of the C****n lens >>> reviews to >>> see what was to be gained if anything by switching to the full frame >>> 5D. The favourite wide lens was the sigma 12-24, which I have in a >>> Pentax mount. I didn't fancy paying £1000 for a 16-35 Canon zoom >>> with >>> worse barrel distortion than the Sigma. Their 14mm was twice the >>> price >>> of the Pentax and not that well thought of. The 20mm prime was >>> indifferent although at least not astronomically expensive. the >>> 24 1.4 >>> was excellent but only when stopped down and cost another £1000. The >>> 24 2.8 was OK at best and so on >>> >>> Makes the advantage of a full frame sensor disappear at the wide >>> end. >>> I even thought of taking a hacksaw to the Pentax mounts and >>> converting >>> them to Canon. >>> >>> Has anyone ever tried that? ;> ;> >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >> >> It's called Cotty-izing a lens, as Cotty has done exactly that to >> an A >> 15 and A* 85 for use on his 1DmII. Easier to do now that >> Cameraquest is >> selling a K-EF adaptor (You'll still need to trim the stop-down lever >> off to clear the mirror on a FF or 1.3x crop body, but the lever >> clears >> the mirror on EF-S bodies). >> >> Plenty of people do this to get better Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon or Leica >> wides onto the nice canon FF bodies. I personally have the Leica >> and M42 >> adaptors and intend on getting a Nikon adaptor as well (I have a >> Canon >> film body and may get a 5D if I ever get the cash, I've got an >> extensve >> Nikon MF collection that I'd like to use on FF) >> >> -Adam >> >> > > > -- > 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
