Thursday, September 22, 2005, 12:34:25 PM, Pål wrote: PJ> ----- Original Message ----- PJ> From: "Chan Yong Wei"
>> I'd want a digital sensor sitting in a manual, mechanical body. PJ> Whats the point with that? It won't work without batteries anyway. Well, this is a dream camera for any travelling photojournalist! Just ask around. Now we are all waiting for the Leica M digital, which will be "a little" pricey. According to some rumours Nikon did develop a prototype digital like that, FM3D or what. With modern sensor and electronics, it wouldn't need much power (without AF, which is power hungry, be it traditional or USM, doesn't matter). The "film" winding crank coupled to a dynamo and super-capacitator with a small Li-Ion battery can almost surely generate enough power for next few frames, the backup battery making sure you have power enough even if you keep the camera sitting for few weeks in your bag. Swivel display like on Epson RD-1 (where you can reverse and hide the LCD would be good too, though). This would be a niche camera, but there is in my opinion definitely a good market for it. A lot of journalists and traveling amateurs would buy one. A lot of pros are complaining there was no high-quality digital SLR in a small body, who were tired of lugging the 1Ds or D1X/D2X on extended assignments in the middle of nowhere where there is no need for huge FPS. Now the EOS 5D could be quite popular for these reasons, just as a lot of people brought F3 or LX or whatever instead of F5 and 1V. Frantisek
