Agreed, this stopped me from buying the NEX-6 for my Dad for Christmas - PDAF doesn't work with either of my native lenses 50/1.8 and 18-200LE so there would be no benefit from sharing (he is an all-in-one shooter and I thought the 18-200 + 6 would make his day - well not if AF is the old CDAF since he comes from DSLRs).