VC++ error when using a pointer to a template function

I'm trying to write a template callback function for libcurl. However, when using a pointer to an instance of the template function, VC++ 2008 and 2010 keep giving me this error:

template-callback.cpp(27) : error C2664: 'curl_easy_setopt' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'size_t (__cdecl *)(void *,size_t,size_t,void *)' to '...' Context does not allow for disambiguation of overloaded function

But GCC (4.5.1) compiles the code without a problem. This is a trimmed version of the code:

#include <string>

template<typename String>
size_t callback(
    void*       ptr
  , size_t  size
  , size_t  nmemb
  , void*       userdata
)
{
  //String* str = static_cast<String*>(userdata);
  size_t    len = size*nmemb;
  //str->append(static_cast<char const*>(ptr), len);
  return len;
}

typedef size_t (*write_callback)(void*, size_t, size_t, void*);
struct CURL;
enum CURLOption { none };
void curl_easy_setopt(CURL*, CURLOption, ...);

void f()
{
  CURL* curl = NULL;
  CURLOption option = none;

  // This gives an error
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, option, &callback<std::string>);

  // This doesn't
  write_callback cb = &callback<std::string>;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, option, cb);
}

Is this a bug in VC++ or am I doing something wrong?