The only reason for not releasing the lenses now is surely capacity. John
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:27:01 +0100, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > - Toralf > > -- 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
