On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Larry wrote:
>
> Even my Pentax $79 18-55mm kit lens does that. All the Pentax
> lenses do
> that.
No, wrong. This is a feature which was only introduced on DA lenses.
I do not remember if my 10-17mm non-ltd but absolutely DA does it,
but my 31/43/77mm FA limited do not.
> Definitely not just a pro feature unless the philosophy is to give
> as little as possible.
>
No, that philosophy is exclusive to Leica ;)
Thomas
> Larry
>
>> On 28/03/2007, at 3:57 PM, Thomas Clausen wrote:
>>> The DA ltd. have a focus mechanism that allows an "interesting"
>>> combo
>>> of AF and MF: let the camera do AF, but one may fine-tune the focus
>>> manually afterwards without fiddling with switches etc. That's their
>>> strength against the FA ltd.
>>>
>>
>> That's a proper pro feature - Canon L lenses do it.
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