On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 02:31:11PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > >If Pentax do move to a new range (with a smaller register distance), > >I wouldn't be surprised to see auto focus for K-mount lenses only > >working with SDM. > > That'll never happen as long as the pancake Limited lenses are big > money-makers for Pentax: They're too small for motors to fit in the > lens.
If small size is the goal, then there's absolutely no point in using a K-mount lens on a body with a shorter register - you have to add an adapter to provide space between the mount and the lens, which rather defeats the point of a pancake lens. -- 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.
