I don't think electronic shutter will replace soon mechanical ones. Nikon did use electronic shutter. It increased flash sync easily but reliability was difficult to obtain it seems.
D3/D3X is back to 1/250, d700/D90 as well AFAIK. Seems it wasn't that easy to control, for now at least. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:08:40AM -0600, William Robb wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Sullivan" >> Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 at B&H >> >> >> I also noticed that B&H lists the DA*60-250/4 in the full frame lens >> category on their site, not the APS-C sensor. Could this be the start >> of something? Regards, Bob S. >> >> I read somewhere that the reason for the really long delay on this lens was >> caused by a complete redesign of the optical formula to allow for full frame >> coverage. The 55/1.4 also covers the 24x36 format. >> I'm just guessing here, but I expect Pentax knows that whether they go >> willingly or kicking and screaming, full frame is the future. >> >> William Robb > > I doubt it. I think the K7 may well be the last DSLR from Pentax; > certainly the last high-end model (think PZ-1p/MZ-S, which marked > the end of technological advancement on the PEntax film bodies). > The future is in cameras with far less mechanical parts - definitely > no mirror box and moving mirror, and probably no mechanical shutter > either. Mechanical assemblies with many moving parts are expensive > to manufacture, and tricky to align correctly. > > The 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras have shown that you don't even need a > sensor as large as 16x24mm to produce image quality more than good > enough for the upper end of the mass market, which is where Pentax > target their products. By going to a micro 4/3 camera complete with > EVF Pentax will be able to achieve the "smaller, lighter" goal that > Hoya seem to have in mind. A camera with a 36x24mm sensor will not. > > > -- > 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. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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.
