On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 09:56:06AM -0400, K.Takeshita wrote: > On 8/31/06 9:39 AM, "Jostein ?ksne", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then came all the observations of powerzoom contacts present in K100D. > > Was the subject on the power zoom feature? > I thought people were talking about using these contacts for USM drive. > I thought PZ itself is a dead issue (can see no reason to resurrect it, > particularly if Pentax are planning to equip lenses with USM), but the > concept of driving something in a lens (instead of PZ) is a logical one when > we talk about the USM drive. > > Cheers, > > Ken
I assume that the power contacts will be in the same place. This means that the basic power zoom functionality (motor-driven zoom, controlled by the ring on the lens) ought to work; all that needs from the body is power. As for the additional power zoom modes (zoom clip, image size tracking, and so forth) - that very much depends on the software. It's up to the programmers whether they decide to implement the feature in a K10D; the communication path (the digital signal pin) is present. I think Pentax would have to go out of their way to prevent PZ lenses from working at least in basic mode, and I don't see them doing that. If (as I expect) they work just as they do on my MZ-S I'll be happy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
