John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:52:46PM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote: > >> 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. >> >> ----- >> >> I hope you are right, John. But the statement could refer only to the >> image circle. These are DA lenses. >> > > Well, that's possible. But in that case I would have expected the > wording to be more like "...designed for use with the Pentax K DSLRS > and can also be used on the *istD-series bodies, with restrictions". > What I notice that they have cleverly avoided saying that the lenses will feature a direct-drive motor. They just state that the mount will have power contacts for one. Maybe they haven't even decided what the focusing setup will look like? Perhaps they are testing a new setup, but are keeping the options of using screwdriver focus *only*, in case they can't the new stuff to work out right by the time they need to release the lenses?
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