That would of course have a damaging effect on their reputation for backward compatibility, but it doesn't seem to have stopped them from doing that sort of thing recently.
Thibouille wrote: > An idea just attacked my brain (poor brain) which is the following: > > The current speculation is that the dual AF system won't necessarily > be present in next DA*, there's of course no commitment at all to this > Dual AF. > > Now, if Pentax wanna get rid of the screwdriver AF in those tele lens > (200/2.8 etc) and let only SDM system, would Pentax be wise to market > them as DFA*? It would be stupid and probably badly received. They'd > better lmarket them as DA* (the loss of "old" AF would be acceptable, > not that it is any good of course) and ley(s cut the aprture ring BTW, > saving costs. > > Just my 2 cents. We will know soon enough (or maybe not). > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
