CDAF requires much more out of a lens focus servo than phase detect AF for responsive operation. CDAF could not have been foreseen as a part of the original 4/3 System specification.
A 20mm f/1.7 is on the lens roadmap. It's unknown as to how much Leica is going to be involved ... I hope they do, but I know from good sources that they haven't been particularly happy with the Panasonic collaboration on this for a bit. But I'm sure Panasonic understand the strength of good lenses and will do the right thing ... ! Imaging-resource.com has another good article on the camera. Godfrey On Sep 12, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > The AF thing is a problem with the original 4/3rds spec, when they > introduced Contrast-detect AF they didn't do it in a fashion that's > compatible with most 4/3rds lenses. The limitation also applies to the > E-520 and E-420 when using contrast-detect AF as well. > > I'm interested in this thing but I would have preferred a more > RF-style body on a camera this small. > > Interesting to also note that the new Panny lenses are NOT Leica's, > all of their previous 4/3rds lenses were Leica. Damn, and I was hoping > for a 17-20mm f2 Summicron and 35-40mm f2 Summicron. -- 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.
