3 New DA* USM lenses

[John Francis]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:52:46PM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote:
> The sentence I found most interesting:
> 
>      These products are designed for exclusive use with
>      PENTAX K- and *istD-series digital SLR cameras.
> 
> So they *do* intend to keep old-style focussing ability (the
> so-called screwdriver drive) as well as SDM.
> 
> -----
> 
> I hope you are right, John. But the statement could refer only to the 
> image circle. These are DA lenses.

Well, that's possible.  But in that case I would have expected the
wording to be more like "...designed for use with the Pentax K DSLRS
and can also be used on the *istD-series bodies, with restrictions".