> > From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/28 Tue PM 03:05:55 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Some more new camera speculation > > On 2/28/06 9:10 AM, "Sylwester Pietrzyk", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No it wasn't directly implicated, just my feeling ;-) > > But distracting from this - don't you have Rob a strange feeling that new > > camera will accept lenses with ultrasonic motor? Would it be coincidence > > that suddenly on roadmap of Pentax lenses appear unexpected proffesional > > f2.8 zooms and about the same time Mr. Torigoe says about K-mount evolution > > and many surprises in new D body??? Nothing is sure for now, but it became > > quite clear for me, that these new f2.8 lenses could have USM AF drive > > working only with new D camera... Anyway that would be great news for us. > > Actually, I was thinking the same thing, perhaps with some wishful thinking > (remember, it's a "silly season" :-). But I did not post it for the fear of > raising the blood pressure of some PDMLers unnecessarily. Now that you said > it.... > > Here's the part which is a bit suggestive. > > On 2/27/06 7:14 AM, "K.Takeshita", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are now working on the > > development of the K-mount toward higher performance/more functions by way > > of progressive replacement > > So, what's "more functions"? Hope it's not going back to PZ :-). > I am not sure if the fast DA zoom was any indication but Pentax must be > doing something quietly, revamping their whole lens lineup. Sudden > disappearance of FA lenses and increased capacity of their main Vietnam lens > factory by 160% this fall might be some indication. > Mystery deepens. > > Ken
I'm more interested in what is meant by "progressive replacement". PZ contacts could be used for USM? m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
