Re: On lens road map

2006-02-25 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My guess is only the D-FA for the 645D will have aperture ring, while all others (being DA) won't. The operation of the aperture lever in the 645 system is the other way round from the K-mount lever. Maybe this design i

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Rob Studdert wrote: On 24 Feb 2006 at 20:39, Pål Jensen wrote: But size and price are very important market niches. I think it is brilliant except that I am reluctant to buy lenses without aperture rings. Better get used to it, I'd be surprised to hear that you're expecting aperture rings

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 Feb 2006 at 20:39, Pål Jensen wrote: > But size and price are very important market niches. I think it is brilliant > except that I am reluctant to buy lenses without aperture rings. Better get used to it, I'd be surprised to hear that you're expecting aperture rings on many of the lenses

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-24, at 19:55, Boris Liberman wrote: Ladies and gents, I am rather puzzled by two Pentax limited lenses - the most modern ones - the 40 mm and 70 mm. I see no other reason for their introduction except size and may be price. Pentax already produces outstanding 43 and 77 mm limited

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-24, at 20:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I never did get what "Limited" was supposed to mean anyway, vs the FA* labeling. Silly games in naming. For me FA* were high performance lenses with modern build quality (mixture of plastic and metal) while Limiteds are "from old school" -

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ladies and gents, I am rather puzzled by two Pentax limited lenses - the most modern ones - the 40 mm and 70 mm. I see no other reason for their introduction except size and may be price. But size and price are very im

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Why do I feel that they are trying to beat the dead horse by labeling those lenses "limited"... I never did get what "Limited" was supposed to mean anyway, vs the FA* labeling. Silly games in naming. Godfrey, remember in Men In Black (the first one), when Will Smith is passing that exa

Re: On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Ladies and gents, I am rather puzzled by two Pentax limited lenses - the most modern ones - the 40 mm and 70 mm. I see no other reason for their introduction except size and may be price. Pentax already produces outstanding 43 and 77 mm li

On lens road map

2006-02-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Ladies and gents, I am rather puzzled by two Pentax limited lenses - the most modern ones - the 40 mm and 70 mm. I see no other reason for their introduction except size and may be price. Pentax already produces outstanding 43 and 77 mm limited lenses. They work very well on *istD and on