on 08.07.03 0:31, Alan Chan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yeah, Nikon hide it really well with the F4. Who would think that Nikon > planned so far ahead when they designed the F4. Perhaps my Z-1p could drive > Pentax USM lenses too. But the sad true is, my Z-1p might die before the 1st > Pentax USM hit the market. By then it didn't matter anymore. :-) I think some of us might die waiting for Pentax to release USM/IS lenses. Actually even Zeiss has all AF lenses for Contax with ultrasonic motors - I doubt if they sell any better then Pentax lenses even these of higher class. Producing USM compatible lenses/bodies would have another aspect. Sigma would probably soon reverse engineer KAF3 mount and they would start to produce their HSM lenses for Pentax too. After all it would be easier for Sigma to produce identical mechanically lenses and just change mount and some electronics for each mount. Right now they have to produce two kind of EX lenses: HSM (for Canon, Nikon, Sigma) and classic - screwdriver type (for Minolta and Pentax). In situation, when Minolta has already presented SSM ultrasonic lenses, we will see soon Sigma's HSM lenses for Minolta too. That could lead to the situation, when producing "special" version of particular lens just for Pentax would make no more sense for Sigma and Pentax would awake in the situation where there would be only some amateur class third party lenses for their bodies. As a result less people would want to buy such a poorly supported bodies (no matter how good would they be) and Pentax 35 mm system would soon end like Olympus OM system - just slowly die... I hope I am wrong - I hope something should change soon...
-- Best Regards Sylwek
