Well, Godfrey, you're probably right. I tend to over-complicate thing somewhat.
J.C.O. - I apologize but I seem to have lost Godfrey's message, so I'm answering to yours 'cause it quotes that of Godfrey. Godfrey, I find it incredibly strange that Pentax produced DA 40 and DA 70 that cover full frame (presumably, but most probably so) obviously knowing it and not having advertised it in any way. But yes, well, I am experienced enough Pentaxian ;-) that I could navigate myself among these mount variations, etc. Anyway, we all should be quite thankful to Pentax that all the lenses we mentioned (mostly) work on all the (relatively) modern bodies. I for one am very happy to have MZ-6 (ZX-L) as my film body - it has the widest mount support, except SSM of course. Cheers! Boris J. C. O'Connell wrote: > The "bonus" in this case is the problem. The "bonus" > lenses should have a different designation, not be > an unknown "bonus". > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:16 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: DA70 and 24x36 coverage > > > I agree with Tom. > > Boris, you're making it much more complicated than reality: > > Film body: all lenses up to FA series, include D-FA for full > coverage. If some DA lenses cover larger format, bonus ... otherwise > enjoy the vignette. > > DSLR body: all lenses. > > That's it. > > When I had the MX body, I fitted it with the DA14 lens for a test > look. It illuminated a circle about 27-28mm wide, cut off at top and > bottom by the 24x36 mm format dimension. Perfectly usable (at f/22) > for a square format 24x24mm on the 35mm film format, with field of > view quite similar to that of a Hasselblad SWC. A body with Program > or Shutter Priority capability would have worked the aperture > mechanism too. > > What's confusing with that? > > Godfrey > > > On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Tom C wrote: > >> You can use them all on film bodies. It's just that with some you >> get a fancy black frame around a circular image. :-) >> >> Tom C. >> >> >>> From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> I guess you're right. Though admit - if you are choosing lenses and >>> you have both film and digital body, it is extremely confusing which >>> ones you could use on both bodies and which ones you could use >>> only on >>> the digital one. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
