If the image circle is designed for APS-C, then the lenses will be smaller and lighter than those designed for 35mm. So they WILL be small and light, relatively speaking.
But, like you, I hope they have USM. We shall know in good time. John On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:41:15 +0100, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Fra: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:03:00 +0100, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I'd give it a few months more to decide. If they are going to >> introduce >> > USM lenses it will be a logical explanation for why they have stopped >> > producing a lot of long lenses. They may be planning to revive them >> > with USM. >> >> I'm sure they will introduce more long lenses - they can't afford not >> to. >> At the moment, the lens line-up is unbalanced; there is lots of stuff >> below 50mm, and very little above 100mm. >> >> Whether the new long lenses will be USM or just small, light, DA >> versions >> remains to be seen, but if they are USM it certainly makes sense not to >> announce them until after there is a camera body that they can work >> with. >> >> I would be most surprised if there are not new 200mm, 300mm, 400mm and >> 600mm primes within two years. And, of course, the fast zooms have >> already been announced. > > Long lenses with larger apertures will never be small DA or D-FA wil be > about the same. Because of this they will also have heavy focusing > mechanisms (even if the gain some by using IF), and that is were they > really need USM. All of the lenses they have introduced recently have > light focussing mechanisms that can be drivenby the motor in the camera > without any problems. This, together with the fact that som many long > lenses have disappeared, make me believe that they are up to something. > > DagT > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
