What will Pentax do next?

"Cheesehead" <dplotusnotes.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Makes me wonder if the K-M sensor-based IS solution is a license of
>Pentax' patent.
>Canon's eye-controlled AF was licensed from Pentax.
>And I'm certain Pentax licenses from the others as well.
>Seems to be the Japanese camera mfr. method.


Sigma's HSM and Nikon's AF-S ultrasonic in-lens motors are licensed
from Canon. Almost every manufacturer has licensed the TTL automatic
flash control from Minolta.