I thought those were FA. My bad. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Well, that's it, I cracked.
Actually it appears that it's one of the lenses that covers the full 35mm format without vignetting J. C. O'Connell wrote: >Sorry for my error, isnt this a APS only format lens? >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Adam Maas >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:58 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Well, that's it, I cracked. > >Well, except for the 40mm f2.8 DA Limited Pancake, you know? Essentially > >the exact same lens in AF form? > >-Adam > > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > >>The pankcake 40mm F2.8 M lens is just another example >>Of a lens where there is NO NEW EQUIV. >>These lenses should be fully supported as you cant >>Even buy a new one like it if you wanted to. >>joc >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> >> >Of > > >>gfen >>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:02 AM >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: Re: Well, that's it, I cracked. >> >>On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> >> >>>DA Limiteds are already here. 21 f3.2 Pancake, 40 f2.8 Pancake and the >>> >>> >> >> >>>70 f2.4 Pancake due any moment. The 40 is quite cheap ($300CDN), the >>>other two are more money, but still a lot cheaper than FA limiteds. >>> >>> >>The downside is I don't want "pancake" lenses, I want larger units >> >> >with > > >>some holding space on 'em. And I want that 21mm faster than 3.2. I'd >>trade >>off the "pancake" ability for another 1.5 or 2 stops of speed at the >>same >>price point, but what do I know? I mostly make this up as I go >> >> >along... > > >>As for a 70/2.4? Eh, whatever. An FA50/1.4 will probably be under cost >>and >>1.33 stops faster. Again, maybe the little pancake thing appeals to >>someone, somewhere, but it ain't me. >> >>Its the right direction, but not what I'm looking for exactly (then >>again, >>what I'm mostly looking for is something to complain about). >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
