On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: > Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>> P?l Jensen wrote: >>> >>>> Are you suggesting that the new telephotos are USM lenses? >>> >>> The upcoming 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are, as is next year's >>> 60-250/4.0. I don't *think* the primes are. >> >> Would you hazard a guess as to whether these lenses will work on film >> cameras (even without USM)? > > Well the 16-50 and 50-135 are obviously DA lenses, so they're digital > only. But the 60-250 and the 200 and 300 primes are supposedly D-FA so > they should work full-frame. That 60-250 f/4 has me *very* interested! > Unfortunately, I expect it's about a year away from availability.
Thanks. So are you suggesting that USM lenses will be backwards-compatible with "screwdriver-AF" bodies? > But other than that, how do you feel about front-wheel drive? <g> So long as I can haul my Pentax equipment, FWD cars are fine. Kostas (have had both, can now only get FWD) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
