canon did a full frame 50mm f1.0 that was with the FF registration. If pentax was to do a 30mm DA lens it would still have the same ole 45.5mm FF registration making it a retrofocus. It would not be easy to do as canon's 50mm F1.0 was. IIRC, canon's 50m F1.4 was like $1500 street at the time. What would the more complex pentax DA 30mm F1.0 cost today? ? ? ? ?
JC O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Graydon Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-7 - check ricehigh blog, folks... photos and specs... On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:11:30PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > Graydon wrote: >> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EO9piAKCkcU/ShBJD8iHMSI/AAAAAAAAEiY/keeeBh7 >> 8t1Y/s1600-h/3514739481_96a4d48143.jpg >> >> Shows, along with the 1/8000 shutter speed, F 1.0 >> >> Think we're in for a lens announcement, too? :) > > I'm not sure that the display is meaningful in a prerelease camera, > even one as close to production as this one. Since the display looks a lot like it was set up to demonstrate the shutter speed and the number of pictures per battery charge, I would not be at all surprised if the F 1.0 was completely spurious. On the other hand, the idea of the DA* 30mm returning from the dead as a F1.0 lens is wildly amusing. -- Graydon -- 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. -- 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.
