Cotty wrote: > >>>So let me get this right. If USM or it's Pentax-monikered >>>equivalent is >>>introduced, anyone that wants to take advantage of it is going to have >>>to buy new lens(es) ? > > > On 31/8/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Exactly. One must have lenses with built-in USM motor for USM to >>work :-) But I guess new mount would be back compatible, so older >>lenses would work the way they usually did ;-) > > > Including body-driven AF lenses? I mean, will a K10D have an AF motor > inside the body as well? >
I suspect that's a given. Pentax will likely implement in-lens AF drive the same way Nikon and Minolta did. Which is adding the necessary power/control contacts but maintaining the screwdriver drive as well. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
