On 1/28/08, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > Gaurav, > > > > > > Were you using a K10D with the new SDM lenses? > > They > > > focus pretty quickly and are very quiet because > > the > > > focus motor is in the lens. Other DA lenses will > > focus > > > a bit more slowly and be louder. > > > > > He was talking about hunting. Surely the motor does > > not affect that? > > > Ah, you're right, he was. My bad! Yeah, that's a > function of the AF sensors themselves. > > -Brendan >
Not always. SDM lenses hunt a lot less because they won't overshoot the mark, they are in effect stepper motors, and are told how far to turn the lens, screwdriver AF tends to overshoot more. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
