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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-25-2015, 03:29 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-25-2015, 08:52 AM
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That is comparing apples and oranges . . . an ultra wide angle to a long tele-zoom. You would find that the FA20/2.8, F28/2.8, FA28/2.8 aren't very large lenses. Nor is the FA50/1.4 or FA35/2. On the other hand, the DA* 60-250/4 weighs in over 2 pounds.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-23-2015, 03:50 PM
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And one aperture ring on the 31 to bind them all and in the darkness find them . . .
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-09-2015, 03:13 PM
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Actually, no. Its not a "controlled environment" so to speak. Its more of a microcosm. Cameras have a lot of features that many people don't use. TTL wouldn't ad anything to the cost of the firmware. TTL allows for fully automated flash photography with any lens, extension tubes and bellows.There are a lot of people that like using there Takumar lenses for example.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-08-2015, 05:48 PM
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Nice of you to snip out a partial sentence to quote. ;) A lenses aren't extreme macro. They are 1:1 at best. Try using P-ttl on a reversed lens or bellows or that new Venus 60mm 2:1 which is the first offering in k-mount greater than life size. However, its Clackes that doesn't seem to follow this.
Edit: I have one extension tube that may work with p-ttl & the D FA lens. My Pentax tubes, no dice.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-08-2015, 01:28 PM
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If you understood the differences in operation ttl and p-ttl, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Pentax PTTL has the camera limitation that only works with certain type of lenses which means that PTTL cannot be used with many of the optics we use for extreme macro, as these are classified as non contact 'manual' lenses. This would include the new Chinese Venus 60mm lens that is 2:1. If you don't do this type of photography, or use Legacy glass, its not much of an issue. The last Nikon I used for macro was the D70 and Nikkor 100mm macro (af lens.) I also have a couple of Tammy SP Adaptall 2 90mm lenses and original Tamron mounts for EF and F (as well as PKA.) That said, my favorite current macros are the DA 35mm ltd and D FA 100mm WR Macro. My favorite macro lens is probably the 50mm Macro-Tak which was one of the first native 1:1 macro lenses.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-08-2015, 08:20 AM
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I guess you don't understand the value of ttl. Furthermore, Pentax generally offers a optional macro focus screen for there flagship cameras. That is what I tend to use for manual focus. There is more to things than a split screen. ;) This body looks to have good manual controls so all it needs is ttl support.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-07-2015, 11:07 PM
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I was referring to the K2 film camera (note the missing hyphen). Hence a manual focus optimized body for legacy manual focus glass as well as some newer glass such as Zeiss and Voightlander. P-ttl flash only is no good in many cases but ttl will work.
Not thinking about cavemen, but A 50/1.2, K28/2, A* 200 etc. or a new Zeiss 100/2 Makro.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-07-2015, 04:03 PM
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Those of us that are interested in a "K2" type full frame digital body are more interested in it being optimized for manual focus and ttl metering rather than p-ttl for flash.
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