Jostein, Funny. Not having taken the DSLR plung yet, my hopes for the new camera based on your lists are simple ones:
METAL BODY - this is frickin no brainer for Pentax! If your camera has a plastic body, is it really PRO level? Extended Dynamic Range - the biggest shortcoming with the current DSLR's. Weather Sealing - Let's hope! I never even think nor worry about this issue with my LX or even my MZ-S and the former was introduced 26 years ago...another DUH! for Pentax. I'm mostly not at all concerned with the other speculations. It would be really great if the camera had the ability to accept AA lithiums. Being as small as I expect the body to be, it could use more heft anyway (a nod to all of those with large hands like myslef). -Brendan --- Jostein Øksne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the second update. > > There's an incredible lot of posts, so it's hard to > keep up here. I'm > trying to consider info that seems to emerge from > more than one > "unrelated" source. The more sources the better, I > guess. Remember > also that this is not meant to be the ultimate truth > about the K10D. > I'd rather have it that it is about how well > > the combined leaks will match the official info, > when that comes. > > PowerZoom seems to be voted out of the equation all > together, despite > the reports of re-introducing the contacts to the > mount. Personally, I > believe that Pentax could reuse the contacts for > delivering power to > an USM lens, and use the lens recognition software > to discern between > USM and PZ lenses. The threshold for re-introducing > PZ functionality > in the K10D would be a very small one. > > So, by consensus, the PowerZoom revival has been > removed from the list > for now. Are you sure you don't want this, guys? You > know, something > to set Pentax apart from the crowd of DSLR > producers? :-) > > Anyway, it seems that everyone thinks the KAF3 is > all for in-lens AF, > so that goes up unless someone objects. > > Rob Brigham's post refers a whole host of features. > I'd say 3 fps move > back to "facts" section, based on that. 22 bit A/D > has been referred > by both Robs, and with a link to technology that > makes it plausible. > I'd say that goes up too. > > No buffer congestion with JPEG also seems to follow > from the same Rob > & Rob reports. > > Anti-dust mechanisms now also have two seemingly > independent reports, > so i'd like to put that up to "Fact" level as well. > > I have also added a "mysteries", just to have > somewhere to put the new > acronyms on the dial, the "Sv" and the "TAv" > > > "Facts": > 10 Mpx > Anti-shake > KAF-3 => USM > SD memory cards, with support for >2 GB cards. > Battery grip > HyperProgram (two wheels) > 3 fps > Extended dynamic range (22 bit A/D) > No buffer congestion with jpeg > Anti-dust mechanism on the sensor > > "Speculations": > Proprietary Li-Ion battery, but option for AA. > Buffer twice as big as *istD > Weather sealing > Full metal body > Interchangeable focus screens > 11 point AF > > "Mysteries": > Sv-mode > TAv-mode > > > Jostein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
