>> But where have you heard about Pentax introducing USM or IS lenses? From >> what I've heard, both those technologies are closely controlled by Canon. >> The only reason Nikon has them is that MITI forced Canon to share. Olympus, >> for instance, had a big hit with the digital UZI, but could not make a >> successor because Canon would not let it license the IS technology again. I >> don¹t have any inside track or any great knowledge of this, but personally I >> doubt very much we'll see any Pentax lenses with either of these >> technologies at any time in the foreseeable future. > > I thought the patent protected Canon for seven years, and it's expired > now. Although I could be wrong or simply unsophisticated in the ways of > patents.
Gregory, You know as much about them as I do. <s> --Mike
