Originally posted by Zarkon Anyway, let me run through a (very) simple exercise of using a Nikon F lens on a Nikon 1 camera. First you have the 2.7x crop factor (so your normal lens becomes a tele). With the exception of birding - most of the old lenses are pointless on camera. On top of that, AF does does work either. Waste of time in every possible dimension.
Enough said!!
Anyway, let me run through a (very) simple exercise of using a Pentax K lens on a Pentax Q camera. First you have a 5x crop factor (so your wide angle lens becomes a tele). With the exception of birding - most of the old lenses are pointless on camera. Enough said!
Yeah dude, if you put a normal lens on a super small sensor camera it becomes a long lens (a tele is a different thing, specifically meaning the lens is physically shorter than its focal length). On the other hand, if you put a Nikon F lens on one of their full frame DSLRs, it has its natural perspective! How about that. I wonder when Pentax is going to get around to releasing that for us. Or on their 1.5x crop cameras, it works exactly like K mount lenses on a K-5. Or if you splurge and get Nikon lenses that were made only 45 years ago, you don't even have to do the metering workaround. Anyone want to take bets on Pentax releasing a DSLR with an un-crippled mount for us -K and -M users?