Pat, There's no switch to engage or disengage the motor or the gears on a Ltd. lens, and there's no motor in a manual focus body, like the LX. I do believe Fred was referring to using the lens on a MF body. I notice the same "whirring" that Fred does, although I'll admit it's fairly subtle. I only have MF bodies, and, frankly, I kinda like the way the Ltd. feels when used on the LX.
Pat White wrote: > > Fred, that "whirring" feeling should bother you. It's the feeling of the > focussing motor being forced! When you want to focus manually with an AF > body, you should always select MF on the body. The only exception is with > lenses with linear focussing motors built in, as in certain C***n and N***n > lenses. > > Admittedly, AF lenses have very little drag on the focussing ring (to save > wear on the motor and increase focussing speed, as well as improve battery > life), which doesn't feel as nice as a finely-made MF lens, but that's the > trade-off of the new technology. If you leave the AF engaged to get more > drag, you're beating up the motor and gears. Just thought you should know. > > Pat White > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
