On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:36 +0100, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When speaking of Nikon/Canon I was thinking more of modern entry levels > like > D350, D50 and D70. That's the bodies the K100D And K110D are up against, > not old film bodies. > > Next generation Pentax entry level will be up against D400 and D80. If > Pentax want to match Nikon and Canon on AF speed they need to have USM or > similar feature enabled, IMO. I can't think of any reason to suppose they won't. John > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam > Maas > Sent: 31. august 2006 19:38 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K10D - "facts" and "speculations" > > Tim Øsleby wrote: >> The entry level bodies from Nikon and Canon are USM enabled aren't they? > So >> I have trouble understanding this, "K100D and K110D are entry level so >> we >> can't expect them to be USM enabled", logic. It does not make sense to >> me. > >> >> Most likely this generation Pentax entry level are not USM enabled, but >> I > do >> expect next generation of Pentax to have the needed features. (Presuming >> that USM is the strategy Pentax are choosing to make AF performance > better). >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> > > All Canon EF mount bodies except the extremely rare EF-M MF body support > USM, as they all use in-lens AF motors and USM motors are just a couple > of variants of that (Canon has at least 3 different types of USM > implementations). > > All Nikon digitals support AF-S/AF-I lenses (Nikon's USM[AF-S] and > in-lens motor[AF-I] names). For the film bodies, it's more complicated, > but none of the base model AF bodies (F55/50, F401's) support it. > > -Adam > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
