This just made me think of an interesting idea. I am sure it has been
said that the viewfinder in the MZ-S (and others) is limited due to
wanting to keep the height of the camera restricted. At the same time,
many like to use the grip as they need a deeper camera. A digital could
lose the part of the body to the left of the lens mount (as you look
through the finder, ie the bit you don't hold) and the camera could be
made taller instead. This would give the same dimensions but with a
taller, thinner camera that had a better viewfinder and suited people
with bigger hands?
______
_______/PENTAX\___
| O | \______/ |
| | / \ |
| | | | | OLD
| | | | |
| | \______/ |
|___|_____________|
______
______/PENTAX\
| O | \______/|
| | |
| | ______ |
| | / \| NEW??
| | | ||
| | | ||
| | \______/|
|___|_________|
Don't know if you follow so here's a diagram. Think of the MZ-s, saw
off the left hand side, and then stretch the area above the lens mount
so that the prism housing is higher up and the grip is taller.
Interesting indeed. If they chose not to develop a film counterpart
there is no reason to stick to the current short/wide rectangular layout
of normal SLRs...?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> We've seen DSLRs that *look* pretty like 35mm SLRs and have
> interchangeable lenses (D-60, etc.) and we've seen fixed-lens
> digicams that abandon the traditional form-factor of 35mm
> cameras because it's completely unnecessary with digital (why
> have room for the film cartridge on one side and the take-up
> spool on the other, for
> example?) like the Minolta Dimage 7, etc.
>
> I think the new Pentax DSLR will do both: It have be a
> digital-specific form-factor and *not* look like current
> interchangable-lens DSLRs, but *will* accept k-mount lenses.
>
> Best of both worlds.
>
> Remember you heard it here first (unless it doesn't happen,
> in which case please forget it promptly :-P)
>
> --
> Mark Roberts
> Photography and writing
> www.robertstech.com
>
>
