Pentax have suggested that some future DA* lenses might not be dual-drive. That leaves the door open for them to switch to ring motors for at least some lenses.
My bet is that it won't happen for a couple of years, though. And when it does happen, people will be able to whine about missing AF capability with their K100D, as well as about the missing aperture simulator on the K9D ... On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:58:42PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > I've heard $699 as the likely price. There's also a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 > HSM that's likely to be the fastest focusing lens available for Pentax > when it's released shortly (It gets a real ring-type USM motor, which > are typically much faster than the micro-motor USM setup Pentax is > using on the DA*'s to allow for dual-drive). The Sigma's going to be > more expensive though. > > -Adam > > On 2/5/08, Frits W?thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SP 70-200/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro > > > > I saw this lens mentioned on the B&H website. Any idea about price? It > > offers > > a stop more then the upcoming 60-250 Pentax lens, so this might be an > > interesting lens. > > -- > > Frits W?thrich > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
