Frustration at the lack of most of what you have listed below was pretty much why I got the D700.
I just ran out of patience waiting for them to make the camera I wanted. DS 2009/2/14 AlunFoto <[email protected]>: > I think there's been far too little speculation on this List for the > last couple of years. So I've had to do all the dreaming myself, of > what I'd like to see in my next camera. Things I would actually need > for what I do. Of course other people's needs will differ, so why not > go ahead and make your own list? And take some time to think through > why those features are important to you. Not "better" to the world in > general for whatever reason. > > Here's my list. > > One thing I really like about the K10/20 is the quietness. I can > assure you from direct experience that both Nikon D3 and D700, and > Canon's 1D mk II and 5D are noisier that the Pentaxes. Just slightly, > but noisier. However, I could live with a louder mirror flap from > Pentax if I got a faster mirror flap. In other words, a higher frame > rate. For continuous shooting with the K20D there's a "hi" and a "lo" > setting, but there's hardly any difference between them. Pimp it, > Pentax! Make the "hi" setting worthwhile having. 4 or 5 FPS would be > great! To me, this is important for catching the significant moments > in action-filled interplay between animals. > > If you told me a year ago I would put this at the top of my list, I'd > scoff at you. But there it is. I have to admit there are situations > where "timing" can only delimit a timeframe where many things happen > too quickly to anticipate. That's when to hold the button pressed and > do the file sorting later. > > A second thing I really like is the versatile battery grip that comes > with K10/20D. With the extra battery and room left for a spare SD card > and a remote control. However, I do have a suggestion for improvement. > I would like to leave out the remote control and spare card, and put > in an SSD disk. Or a full stack of SDHC cards connected to the camera, > like a second card slot. My reason for wanting this is only partly > connected to the higher number of exposures anticipated by the first > wish. More importantly, it would nearly eliminate the need for an > extra portable disk to unload filled-up memory cards. A device which > needs its own batteries and charger. And not to mention the fiddling > when swapping cards. Particularly in winter, see next point. For most > of my trips I know I would do well without an extra disk if the camera > had 128 GB storage (or more) on board. I also know that I really hate > to manage battery chargers. A reduction by one would be welcome. > > The third thing I would like is for the camera to be operable with > gloves, or even mittens, on. The K10/20D operates fairly well in the > cold as far as the electronics go, but the buttons become too fiddly. > Particularly the four-way controller with the OK button in the middle. > My suggestion would be to increase that controller enough to make the > OK button 30-50% larger in diameter and size up the rest accordingly. > The Tv/Av wheels could also be a tad larger, just so that it's > possible to feel them through the gloves. The reason is wish for this > is of course that I live in a country where wearing gloves in the > outdoors comes very naturally. I also know that if cold, I don't make > very nice photos. > > A fourth thing I would like to see is improved noise-curbing. I'm not > all together happy with the K20D there. When shooting in "B" mode, the > dark-frame subtraction seems to become inaccurate with longer exposure > times. I have deliberately put this at the bottom of my list because > these are issues that all the manufacturers are racing to be best at > anyway. I'm sure we'll see substantial improvement in noise handling > with the next generation of Pentax cameras as well. For myself, I only > wish for more user-control over how and when the noise reduction is > applied. There is some, but not enough, in my opinion. Like for > example that it cannot be turned off all together. Nor can dark-frame > subtraction be adjusted when working in "B" setting. > > This is something I want because the K20D has rekindled my fascination > with long-exposure light photography, and I'd love to have even more > creative control over this. > > A last thing I dream of is a methanol fuel-cell power source. That's a > really far-fetched one, I know. Toshiba has showcased some small > prototypes for cellphones, however, so implementation is probably more > down to cost of mass-production than to technology. I guess it won't > make it into the next model, but maybe a couple of years down the > line? Maybe implemented with the SSD disk in an accessory > "superpower-grip"? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
