I suppose I don't count because I am not a gear head. Other than the low ISO I am so happy with my K10d...
But there is one reason I would want full frame: wide angle would be wide again. My Zenitar semi-fisheye would be a "real" 16mm lens again. That would be cool... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> Sent: February 7, 2013 2/7/13 To: pentax list <PDML@pdml.net> Subject: Why would you buy a Pentax FF camera? I mean, aside from the obvious reasons like, bigger sensor, better image quality, better use with lenses designed to work with a 36X24mm frame, better lighting, better heating, better sewer systems, the roads (yes we can't forget the roads).... Back in 2000, this camera came onto the scene: <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30> and at the time, I was toting both the LX and the MX along with various lenses and stuff. It was the first really 'affordable' DSLR and had I not prevaricated for many months, I would have had one there and then. Instead I waited to see what might be coming from Pentax - and so I waited and waited. And nothing came. And so in 2002, this came out: <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneosd60> and I could wait no longer. I jumped. It was made of creaky plastic and it felt not a patch on the quality metal construction of the MX and LX, but shooting with it was amazing. No film! It was about £2000 GBP at the time and the premium paid over and above a comparative film camera would have kept me in FP4 for years. But it was digital and it was instant - I had a grin that lasted weeks. I had the D60 for a while, but longed for better build quality and features - exactly what I found in the 1D mark II (aps-h...1.3X crop). That was a camera that fully met (and exceeded) all expectations. If I'd stayed in the game of carrying a big system about with me, i would have without doubt moved onto a 1Ds (full frame). As it is, I sold up when times were hard, and in fact didn't really miss it all. My son has a 1DmIIn and some lenses, and good luck to him. Nice to play with for a while, and I still mount a Pentax lens on it now and again if I need to do some portraits, but I'm happier with my lil Fuji. So what if Pentax brings out a FF camera - would I jump? i might...but why?? Well, the answer will probably surprise you and some will ridicule. It has to do with a certain lens... I still have my A*85/1.4 and I long for the time I can mount it to a proper 36X24 Pentax body - simple as that. I'd be more than happy with just that lens attached the whole time - and just for portraits. Daft innit! But there you go - that's the way it is. So much for the photographic tools theory. I keep a lens that waits for the right body to come along. Who'da thought it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
