On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you think being able to use old wide angle lenses will justify an > investment in a full frame camera (in whatever format), you need to read > around. The interaweb is replete with tales of film era lenses, especially > wides, being found wanting when put in front of digital cameras, especially > so when the full frame is being imaged. Almost inevitably a new lens will > be purchased soon after the new camera, a camera which ironically had been > intended to stretch the useful life of the old lenses. Why not cut out the > middleman and buy a new lens for the camera you have right now. The > residual value of the pre digital lens will be near to zero anyway, so cut > your losses on it and move on. > > Regards, Anthony >
And also replete with tales of film-era lenses (like the Zeiss 21/2.8 Distagon and the 21/3.5 and 21/2 Zuiko's) seriously outperforming those new designs on digital. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
