On 13/11/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True - however, it's faster as well as smaller and lighter. If one were to > consider that it's wider as well, an argument can be made that the lenses > are getting smaller. I'm sure a 14/2.8 made in the days of the 15/3.5 > would have been larger and heavier than the 15mm, or a 15mm/3.5 made today > might be both smaller and lighter than the earlier 15/3.5
It's only smaller because it isn't designed to cover the same AOV as a full frame 35mm lens (a very big design consideration), a 14/2.8 for FF would be huge. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
