Faster than what? Faster than current lenses on pre-K100D bodies? Faster than current lenses on the new bodies? Faster than Canon or Nikon? Faster than a speeding bullet <LOL>? How important is AF speed compared to focusing accuracy, especially at wide apertures, or the ability to focus in poor lighting or low contrast situations, or with slower lenses (F4, 5.6)?
My understanding is that current lenses will focus faster on the new K-series DSLR's than on earlier bodies, and may be faster still on the K10D. Tatamiya seems to be saying the same thing and perhaps implying more: "Accordingly, we have made a very clean decision to eliminate any possible use of AA alkalines altogether by blocking the use of it even for the battery grip. As a side effect of using Li-Ion batts, AF motor power was strengthened, consequently the AF speed gets faster." Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter > Shel, a few weeks ago I posted a query here about SSM lenses. I didn't > understand the excitement about them. My query was basically: What am I > not getting? The response was that SSM lenses will autofocus faster. > > Joe > > ----- > > Joe, every silver lining has its cloud, eh ;-)) > > Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
