----- Original Message ----- From: "David Savage" Subject: Re: The JCO survey
> > And this is the point some are try to help you understand. Pentax > makes more profit from new users (& long time users) who buy new > products & accessories, as apposed to the minimal profit they make > from longtime users who only want a body that fully supports their old > K/M lenses. If one were to be technically accurate, then one would understand that an APS-C sized digital sensor represents a different format from 35mm film. The different format being 18x27mm (or whatever, I'm not going to go look it up). This is as big a jump as going from the 24x36 film format to 645, or from 645 to 6x7. I know it is nice that full frame legacy film lenses can be used on the new format, but really, the small image circle DA lenses are actually the ones designed for the new format. Lenses that cover the 35mm frame will likely be phased out as soon as Pentax stops making film SLR cameras altogether. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
