There are no new DFA lenses. The high-end fast lenses that Pentax will
release next year are all DA lenses without aperture rings. The only
DFA lens is for the 645. No DFA lenses for 35mm or APS-C are on the
horizon.
On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Pål Jensen wrote:
John wrote:
Nobody has been "leading you on", except perhaps a few people here who
still cling to the belief (or, IMO, delusion) that Pentax would decide
to re-introduce a mechanical aperture sensor, or go back to aperture
rings on lenses.
REPLY:
But the new D FA lenses have aperture rings. We do not know if Pentax
will maintain mechanical couplings on high end bodies because such
DSLR bodies haven't been released yet. The KAF3 mount give full
backward compatibility. We will know when the new "D" is released.
Remember that all the *ist's are entry level cameras in Pentax talk
(see the latest interview where it is mentioned again) and therefore
aren't full featured. Extensive compatibility may be a sales issue for
an upper end body.
Pål
