Paul, without intent to sound provocative here, but Nikon D7000 appears to move in the opposite direction - it offers compatibility with non CPU'ed lenses by having mechanical aperture coupling. This kind of introduction would make even less sense economically, but it did happen. You're right - there is no immediate problem. Just yet.
Boris On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM, 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. > -- Boris -- 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.
