Lawrence Kwan wrote: >The USM lenses would be called DA*
The "DA*" designation is just for the high end glass (as has always been the case with the * designation). The D-FA 60-250 has no "*" but reportedly is a USM lens. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net