I was going to say the same thing as peter, but as noted some of the DA's cover the full 35mm frame.
I think the best way to classify them is in regards to the variations in the lens mount. FA: KAF2 lens mount. FAJ: KAF mount (crippled), minus aperture simulator & aperture ring. DA: KAF2 mount, minus aperture simulator & aperture ring. DFA: KAF2 mount, minus aperture simulator (?). See doesn't that make it clearer. Cheers, Dave At 02:46 PM 2/10/2007, you wrote: >Yes, Peter, that's my understanding too. > >But why then honorable sir William would take the DA 70 and probably >DA 40 lenses and mount them on his film camera? > >Like I said - a little blurred... > >Boris > >On 10/2/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > F FA FAJ Full frame 35mm > > D FA Full frame (24x36mm) Digital (what ever that means special coatings > > at the very least) with a f stop ring for film bodies. > > DA Reduced frame digital > > > > The definitions are fairly simple. Full frame will be guaranteed to > > cover 24x36mm Reduced frame will be guaranteed to cover 16x24mm. It's > > not that complicated. > > > > Boris Liberman wrote: > > > If you remember, Godfrey, FAJ 18-35 used to be a kit lens for *istD when > > > it first came out. > > > > > > No, there is nothing confusing about it. It is just that the definition > > > of what exactly is FA, FAJ, DA, D FA lens is a little blurred to me. > > > > > > Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
