Originally posted by UncleVanya Very nice! This is a much needed reference tool. Kudos to you Adam!
It would be helpful to expand this to include film bodies also at some point in the future, but this is a big white already I'm sure.
I added PZ compatibility info to the checker. It's not going to go into that level of detail, since no DSLRs support any of those features, but it will identify bodies on which the lenses must be zoomed manually.
Originally posted by D1N0 Incorrect. Just some minor vignetting which isn't a problem in most situations and is easily dealt with when it is visible. It works like a charm on FF. Whatever Ricoh's official stance on this is the DA 35 2.4 is a no brainer for the K-1.
Until we add objective data on this to the database (we already have all the tests done, but unfortunately the folks doing the analysis haven't pulled through yet), any lens that's not officially FF compatible will be shown as such. I've toned down the message shown, though.
Originally posted by h4yn0nnym0u5e One point on the search - you seem to have to know the lens name pretty exactly, and even then some simply won't come up - I tried the SMC Pentax 28mm f/2 and everything that comes up is f/2.8 except the SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2. Where's my "Hollywood"?
Great feedback, I have updated the filtering to return the shortest matching results first, so the K-series lens would show up for your search.
Originally posted by UncleVanya It would be helpful to expand this to include film bodies also at some point in the future, but this is a big white already I'm sure.
Originally posted by tvdtvdtvd Very nice, thank you! It would be great if this could be expanded to include legacy 3rd party lenses, perhaps with userinput. A great way to document issues like the Ricoh pin.
Non-current third-party lenses are definitely something I want to get to, especially the recently-discontinued Sigma models. I will work on setting up a system that will allow users to contribute listings. It's not quite trivial because we essentially need a full set of specs in a consistent format for our lens finder and compatibility tools to work, but it should be doable.
Film cameras are interesting but lower priority, because manual lenses are the go-to there. This table covers film compatibility pretty well for now:
The Pentax Camera Lens Compatibility Chart Adam
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