It's smaller, really a pancake, since it has no aperture ring. It's a DA lens that covers full frame, but it's not guarantied to cover full frame. If you use it on film and don't like the results you have no right to complain.
J. C. O'Connell wrote: >I wasn't aware that they had added a new pancake and already >Stated that. Is it as small as the original pancake? I still >Am not clear as to whether the new one is APS or FF? >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >gfen >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:18 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: RE: Well, that's it, I cracked. > >On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > >>Sorry for my error, isnt this a APS only format lens? >> >> > >He zigs, he zags! > >Wasn't that the topic of discussion here? Refusal to buy a Pentax DSLR >because you can't use your K mount lenses the way that God intended them > >to be? That Pentax "professional" DSLRs should include this option (and >for the record, I'm not disagreeing with you, no sir, I agree completely > >on this, but even I relented and am attempting to move on)? > >And then, to back it up, you offered us the inability to use the >M40/2.8, >only to be stymied when you realized there wasn't just an updated >40/2.8, >but additional pancake lenses in the line? > >Maybe your argument gets easier to follow upon subsequent readings, but >on >our maiden voyage here, I'm not sure I can figure out the destination >we're piloting to. > > > > > > -- 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
