Larry, Put the FA31mm limited on a film camera body and shoot a roll of film. It will change how you feel about the 1.5x crop of today's sensors. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:47 PM, Miserere wrote: > >> It's all here, if you're interested: >> >> http://enticingthelight.com/2010/11/01/speaking-to-pentax-at-photoplus-expo-in-new-york/ >> >> The 645D? What a camera... Lovely viewfinder too. > > Thanks for posting this. > > Pentax needs to sell cameras now. If Ned says that the price on the K-5 is > going to drop $200 in a month, no one will buy one this month. > > When I started buying lenses for my K100 a couple years back, I didn't buy > any lenses that wouldn't work with a 24x36 sensor because I was worried that > a "full frame" camera would render them obsolete. Now, I buy the equipment > that solves today's problem. > > The needle tracks up and down both of my arms spell out "fast primes", but my > K-x will do better in low light with f/2.8 glass than my K100 did with f/1.8 > glass, the K-5 better still. Pentax will get more low light benefit for their > development dollar from Moore's law than they ever can hope to with fast > primes. My guess is that they'll put their efforts into sharp zooms, > possibly small, sharp zooms. > > The next generation of photographers may be buying cameras never having used > a camera that hasn't had a zoom lens. It's what they'll expect, and what > they'll look for when shopping. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
