I would bet that it's an issue particular to specific lenses used with the *ist D series bodies. The DSLR bodies, at least until the K series came out, seem to have somewhat more sensitive/finicky servo drive motors and AF sensing algorithms. Lenses vary, unit by unit, in the friction of their drive system and the quality of their connections, etc. Some particular lenses seem to be just out of the sweet spec range that operate without issues.
From all reports I've heard so far, the K100D's AF servo is much more positive and higher powered in operation, which should mean that variances in the lenses will no longer be so much of an issue. I wouldn't worry too much about the K10D ... if it proves to have *at least* the K100D's improved AF performance, it will be no problems. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > Thanks, Dario. It seems to be an issue with the > digitals and certain F and FA lenses. It's the first > I'd heard of it but makes me warry of the new camera > (K10D). Hopefully the K series digitals won't have > these compadibilty issues since no one's mentioned the > issue on the K cameras yet. But, they're brand new, so > it's too early to tell. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
