On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:14 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: >> So when people argue that SD cards make for a smaller camera, I >> can't help >> thinking that it's not that big a factor. > > Maybe I'm stupid, but it seems to me that the pentamirror/pentaprism > takes up _a_ _lot_ more room than an SD or CF card interface.
The prism/mirror viewfinder assembly on a 16x24mm DSLR is not terribly large. The pop up flash unit is what makes the hump seem big. A CF card cage is probably bigger, an SD card cage might be bigger too. A CF card cage is 30-40% larger in size than an SD card cage. Just go to an electronics component catalog and compare them. Now, that doesn't mean that a CF camera cannot be compact. But they're stuffing a huge amount of electronics into a pretty tiny space with these cameras, and trying to fit a pretty big battery too. Every mm of space counts. There's not a lot of extra space in there... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
