No, you may also say that the D-FA lenses differ from DA lanses in  
that they have aperture rings.  If USM lenses do not give AF on older  
cameras I do not think they will have aperture rings, even if they  
cover FF.

DagT

Den 2. sep. 2006 kl. 20.45 skrev David Savage:

> The significance of DFA lens is that they cover the 35mm frame. Not
> all the DA's do without vignetting.
>
> Dave.
>
> On 9/3/06, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I thought a significant difference between DA and DFA was the  
>> presence
>> of an aperture ring.   Sure, longer focal lengths are going to  
>> have an
>> image circle larger than an APS-sized sensor.   But that in itself  
>> isn't
>> enough to make it a DFA lens.
>


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