It's all about the lens' image circle and how much of it is captured by an APS-C sensor vs a 24x36mm film frame.
Jack --- On Mon, 11/1/10, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: Talking to Ned Bunnell at the PhotoPlus Expo > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 12:07 PM > > 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.
