Hi!
I have been following the thread at dpreview, a lot of speculations, some
facts, and some fighting.
I have a question, that I'd like to ask you Boris. Based on what you read at
the Russian site: Can you say anything on what lenses that accept AS?
I have some third part zooms that don't report focal length to the camera.
Will AS work with them?
Tim, honestly I don't really care about new camera... Not until I can
see it on sale at adorama or b&h...
The most interesting piece of news that I've just read is that Pentax
Japan has ordered to take the new camera off the show. It seems that new
name K100D or whatever it is has actually leaked through (EXIF data of
the camera on the exhibition stand) which wasn't intended.
There is not a word about which lenses work with AS and so I have to
assume (my own opinion here) that it is more like K-M solution - sensor
movement based AS.
Also it's been said that if one replaces the K100D label in binary
editor inside PEF files with istDS then ACR reads the PEF files right away.
Finally, one of the guys mentions that the new flagship model (due in
Autumn) is going to have USM. In fact, it is going to be very similar to
Canon's USM because Canon used Pentax patents... Please don't beat me
here - I am merely translating what's written there...
And one more point I'd like to make
> Well, Dpreview is very tight with the manufacturers. So if there's any
> info out there, they can't publish it due to embargo, or they just
> don't want to piss off their advertisers. It's not really a rumor
> site.
> -Ryan Brooks
Ryan, that's exactly my point - the camera has been shown (working
prototype, judging from Penta Club reports) on rather significant photo
(gear) exhibition in Moscow... I realize Moscow is not exactly Tokyo or
London, yet it is a significant event.
Hence is my sense of puzzlement - DPReview *should* have reported this
because it is not rumors we're talking here.
I am as puzzled as ever ;-).
Boris
