Toralf Lund wrote on 05.10.05 13:18: > But what if the contacts were missing? Would you still be able to do AF > the other way? Then they'd have problems supplying power to USM motor in the lens. Minolta has left power zoom contacts in their mount, and that's why they didn't have any problems implementing their SSM lenses.
> Have they really removed it, or just used the KAF mount instead of KAF2? > As far as I can tell, KAF2 has been used only for relative higher-end > cameras; KAF ones have always been produced along with them. For > instance, while the MZ-5n/MZ-3 and MZ-S have KAF2 mounts, the MZ-6 and > "below" have KAF. No. KAF2 specifications enable transferring MTF characteristics of a lens to the body. So even without power zoom contacts it is KAF2 (*istD has MTF program) but somewhat crippled. See here: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/K-mount/Kaf2.html -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
