As long as there are Limited lenses, bodies will support screwdrive focus. Maybe Pentax will go the Nikon route and only offer screwdrive support in their upper tier bodies.
I don't think this should be a concern for us at the moment; it's a bit like not buying anything plastic because a plastic-eating bacteria might appear in the next few years :-) It makes a lot of sense to move away from screwdrive focus for new lenses that can fit it. Leica are the only ones who can make money by looking at the past, the rest of the companies have to look at the future. I doubt a Pentax MILC would support screwdrive AF, and I don't care. I want new primes designed specifically for the MILC and an adapter offering auto stop down for K mount lenses (like Sony offer). As for the me-too issue, I told Ned I would love a Pentax NX10--a Samsung NX10 with a Sony sensor and Pentax imaging pipeline. He just smiled at me :-) Oh, and John Carlson said he really enjoyed his GFM experience and sent a hello to the list. --M. On 01/11/2010, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I doubt that Pentax will support screw drive forever. It doesn't make > sense economically. That's why I stopped buying FA and F glass several > years ago. Now I have only the FA 50 and FA 35, both of which I rarely > use. However, I suspect that there will be a couple more generations > of DSLR cameras with screw drive. It's not an immediate problem. > Paul > On Nov 1, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> The problem will be how long the bodies will continue to support the >> screw drive. >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> There is something that bothers me slightly. It is the mention of >>> the fact >>> that all future DA lenses except DA Limiteds will not be driven by >>> screwdriver autofocus. It seems to make perfect sense as a >>> prerequisite to >>> introduction of EVIL camera. The converter to KAF4 (?) mount would >>> only have >>> to provide electric contacts and no mechanical coupling might be >>> necessary. >>> Or the coupling could be minimal. >>> >>> Yet it is a bit unsettling for those who have lots of "legacy" >>> glass... >>> >>> Boris >>> >>> On 11/1/2010 1:34 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> Well done. Especially the time travel part, where you were able to >>>> leap >>>> ahead to November 29th! :-). >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> On Nov 1, 2010, at 1:47 AM, Miserere wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's all here, if you're interested: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://enticingthelight.com/2010/11/01/speaking-to-pentax-at-photoplus-expo-in-new-york/ >>>>> >>>>> The 645D? What a camera... Lovely viewfinder too. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --M. >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com >>>>> >>>>> http://EnticingTheLight.com >>>>> A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Sent from my mobile device \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
