In their latest news about Pentax (which was about Pentax ist-dl2 and Samsungs GX series) Chasseur d'Images (usually well informed) say it is quite clear they will soon announce a DSLR base on the 10Mpix Sony CCD (same as D200).
They don't mention AS at all. That being said they suspect that the Schneider-Kreuznach serie lenses would be manufactured by Tamron (and they guess the actual Pentax 18-55 could be too <- I don't beleive this one). It would be interesting to know more about that. ---------------------- Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...