My bad. "Misinformed" was a poor choice of words. You are correct. I guess what I meant was that those of us who have embraced APS-C don't care what the full frame options might be. APS-C works for us. But again, you're point is correct, and I was defending it here as well as your right to express it. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 9:30 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> I wasnt "misinformed", I was > just stating the obvious, and > thats that a 43mm/1.9 on FF would > be better than a 28mm/2 on APS > most likely. How can you argue > with that simple concept or opinion? > And where's the " misinformed opinion" > part you are referring to? > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:22 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year) > > > Ah, the beginning of a flame war. No need to disparage JCO here. He > was merely stating an opinion, however misinformed it might be. Who > was it who just said: > > "It's sad to see this whole stupid "FF vs APS-C" horsepucky again be a > bazillion message thread. Two misnomers make a religious battle it > seems. I'll just take pictures and to hell with trying to discuss it." > > Do as I say, not as I do? > Paul > > On Jan 1, 2007, at 9:02 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> Ah, my mail filters were disabled for a few hours during a system >> cleanup and this nonsense was received... >> >> On Jan 1, 2007, at 10:04 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> >>> So you want a fast normal APS lens? (28/2DA)? >>> On FF, you can get a killer 50mm F1.4 >>> for much less money thats twice as fast. >>> Hell, how much are the 43mm/1.9 FF lenses going for compared to the >>> DA28mm/2? the 43mm/1.9 FF lens on FF would most likely be way better >>> overall performance than the 28mm/2DA on digital APS I would think >>> for several reasons... jco >> >> - There is no such lens as a "DA 28mm f/2 Limited". It's a lens I >> would like to see produced as it would suit my needs and cameras >> well. >> >> - The FA35/2 AL is a perfect fast 'normal' for the 16x24 format >> and is > >> less expensive than the FA43. The FA43 is too long for what I want. >> 28mm is a 'wide normal' for the DSLR format and I would like a >> lens in > >> that focal length. >> >> - "be way better overall performance" ... Since you have zero >> experience with any Pentax DSLR you are just making cold air hot as >> usual. >> >> My email filters are now restored to operation. Bye. >> >> G >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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
