"Full frame" is a bit of silliness. It's irrelevant. Is a 645 camera "double frame?" There are many sensor sizes. All of them are full. Paul On Dec 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> In my opinion, the modern DSLR usage of the term "full frame" means cameras > and lenses designed for 24x36mm sensors. It doesn't > mean all the various formats out there are full > frame just because the lens fits and covers whatever > non 24x36mm frame size is being used. Pentax DA lenses are > not "full frame" lenses in the context of todays gear. > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) > Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Boris Liberman > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:00 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: New 12-35 lens on the way > > > On 12/19/2010 2:11 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >> Then why worry about the lens frame? A lens designed for APS-C will >> outperform one designed for 24 x 36. (They're both full frame. Just >> different frames.) Paul > > I opine (may be wrong, but that's my right) that some 24x36 designed > lenses outperform some 18x24 ones. In particular, some Sigma EX 24x36 > lenses show impressive degree of correction of geometric distortions. > For my kind of shooting it makes them particularly attractive given > their price tag. > > You're however absolutely right that there are no "partial" frame lenses > here. Unless of course, we're speaking of circular fish eyes /grin/. > > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
