Originally posted by shuie then why all the whining about DA lenses that don't offer FF coverage? I
convention and breadth of creative controls.
to understand this you need to pick up a film camera and use it.
Pentax has no equivalent of its SMC 15mm f3.5
pentax has no equivlanet of the FA*24 f2.0
pentax has no equivlaent of its FA 31mm f1.8
pentax will probably never again have the equivalent of a 50mm f1.2
pentax no longer makes fast glass, and their wide end selections are rather bleak. (DA14 and DA12-24)
if the DA15 f4 that comes out will not cover a full frame circle, IMO it will be a joke of a lens.
again, you have to use a full frame camera, with the wide glass, with the fast glass, to understand what you are missing.
if you dont shoot wide angle, if you dont shoot at open apertures, then the FF/APS-C debate is lost on you, and you should not bother arguing
otherwise, there is no debate, beacuse everyone that has shot film/full frame/medium format under the conditions that i listed, understands what they have lost.
also, all you telephoto guys, shhh