Paul, For me it means that all the old, sharp wide angle glass I own will deliver the FOV I thought it would when I first bought it. I understand the fact that the fov is indeed wider on 24 x 36 film. For me, the fact translates into wonderfully wider images. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:07 PM, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Nov 1, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> 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. >> > Yes, it will reaffirm that the fov of any lens is indeed wider on 24 x 36 > film than it is on a sensor of smaller dimensions. Other than that...not > much. > Paul > >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
