Yes, good point. I'll be keeping a D as well. paul On Sep 20, 2006, at 7:41 PM, John Francis wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:00:12PM -0400, Lawrence Kwan wrote: >> 3 New DA* lenses announced: >> >> http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200646.html >> http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2006/press-image/200646-05.jpg >> >> PENTAX-DA* 16-50mm F2.8ED AL[IF] >> PENTAX-DA* 50-135mm F2.8ED [IF] >> PENTAX-DA* 60-250mm F4ED [IF] >> >> Available in March 2007 > > > The sentence I found most interesting: > > These products are designed for exclusive use with > PENTAX K- and *istD-series digital SLR cameras. > > So they *do* intend to keep old-style focussing ability (the > so-called screwdriver drive) as well as SDM. That's nice to > know - I intend to hang onto a *ist-D as a backup body, even > when I get round to buying a K10D. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
