Pentax Full Frame: Myth of no FF lenses
Pentax manufactured Full Frame DSLR is probably the most debated topic in online Pentax forums these days. Although Samsung has announced the development of a FF CMOS sensor, there haven’t been any announcements about the availablility of such a camera in the Pentax lineup.
Let’s not discuss, for the moment, whether such a camera is in the pipeline or even necessary. Instead, let us look at a statement that is often perpetuated in the discussions. This is the myth of there being no FF (Full Frame) lenses available for Pentax.
If we do not discuss the issue of glass being good enough for digital FF (let’s discuss that another time), we can easily come up with a list of in-production Pentax lenses that cover the full frame.
These are the:
- smc P-D FA 50mm F2.8 macro
- smc P-D FA 100mm F2.8 macro
- smc P-FA 35mm F2
- smc P-FA 50mm F1.4
- smc P-FA 31mm F1.8 Limited
- smc P-FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
- smc P-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
In addition, the new telephoto lenses have been reported to fill the full frame imaging circle
- smc P-DA* 200mm F2.8 ED(IF) SDM
- smc P-DA* 300mm F4 ED(IF) SDM
In addition, the following lenses are usable on FF:
- smc P-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
- smc P-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited
