On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 7:57 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: [OM] FF Sony > > > > >> If it is the old Maxxum AF mount, then the lens line has a longer > >> history than the Canon EOS > >> line, and there were some fine lenses made for it. > > > > It is exactly the Minolta Maxxum AF lens mount. > > As long as Sony maintains backwards compatability with the Screwdriver AF > lenses, then they > should be in good shape to reel in the old Maxxum users (at least the ones > who haven't already > bailed in disgust and bought Canon). > > William Robb >
They're likely to, they only sell 3 SSM lenses currently (The Zeiss 24-70 f2.8, Sony 70-200 f2.8 G and 300mm f2.8 G) and are rolling out a 3rd. Sony's more committed to screwdriver AF than anyone. Of course, their high-end bodies all give any screwdriver lens FTM focusing with their DMF AF mode, and allow you to disengage AF completely with a thumb press, so all they're losing really is silent focusing. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
