On heavier lenses like my wife's Tamron 28-300, there's a world of difference between the *ist D and the DS, the DS being painfully slow with frequent hunting. The camera/lens combo operates within subjectively acceptable parameters when on the *ist D.
Tom C. >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: AF speeds (was: Pentax glass) >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:18:11 -0800 > >The D/DS/DL generation all have variants of the same AF system, with >minor differences in speed between them. The K100/K10 generation have >a newer version of the AF system which is substantially faster in >operation. > >G > >On Dec 26, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Russell Kerstetter wrote: > > > I have a DL, which is the only AF slr I have really used, so I never > > had anything to compare to. I never went out to look at any of the > > new bodies, because I can't afford one, so why torture myself? But I > > happened to be at the store the other day, where they happened to have > > a K100D... the first thing I noticed is that the shutter button does > > not have two positions, so I am wondering how you prefocus, and the > > second thing I noticed is that the AF speed on the 100 seemed about > > 1000x faster than my DL (both with the 18-55 kit). Do all the earlier > > (earlier meaning pre 100/110) bodies have that slow AF or is it just > > the DL, or is it all in my head? (Sometimes I feel like my DL thinks > > too long, and I would be better off MF.) Thanks. > > >-- >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
