On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Graydon <o...@uniserve.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:12:02PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Graydon <o...@uniserve.com> wrote: >> > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 07:14:34AM -0600, William Robb scripsit: > [snip] >> >> I hate to say it, but the big boys in the sandbox seem to be able to get >> >> fast and accurate out of their AF systems. >> > >> > Generally at the cost of the manual focus, though, and so far as I can >> > tell (never having had my hands on one), the 55/1.4 is effectively a >> > manual focus lens with a very long focus throw that happens to have had >> > an SDM auto-focus motor included. >> > >> > Which is one of those design decisions you could certainly wish they >> > publicized more. >> > >> > -- Graydon (or it's just the SDM motor is one size too small...) >> >> If that's the case, bravo for Pentax in doing this with a lens that >> will get a lot of MF use. One of the biggest problems with using AF >> lenses in manual is the short focus throws. That's one major reason >> why I'm slowly replacing my last few AF Nikkors with MF equivalents. > > I don't think it's a *BAD* design decision; it's got obvious benefits > for the intended uses of the lens. > > It does strike me as the sort of thing an able marketing department > would announce vigorously as a feature, rather than having people > discover it -- expecting something else -- and regard it as a bug. > > -- Graydon
Pentax doesn't have a marketing division. They've got 1 guy who apparently buys billboards all over Toronto and thinks that suffices for a global marketing campaign. -- 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.
