Martin wrote: What's your guess? Will we obtain anti-shake within the next two years?
REPLY: Nobody knows but based on the recent news that Pentax will redirect the majority of digital R&D towards DSLR's theres for once reason to be optimistic. Pentax have worked on both IS lenses and in-body IS. They have openly admitted that they intend to market IS in one form or another but as usual such plans may change. As Pentax is facing mainly Nikon and Canon, but also Olympus and Panasonic 4/3 system, IS and/or USM will certainly help against the competition. The real test will be the D versions of the FA* lenses. If they come in D FA* version without IS and/or USM then theres no chance of such features in the foreseeable future. Updated FA* lenses seems like an obvious oportunity for introducing the KAF3 mount as I would expect Pentax, like Nikon, to introduce such features in higher end lenses. P�l
