On 12/18/2011 2:30 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
n Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Dario Bonazza
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
>> I'm betting they won't do it at all. There's no natural progression of
>> buyers for such a camera.
>> On the other hand, they've sold a lot of APS-C cameras and DA* lenses, so
>> they have a
>> built-in market for another camera in that line. It's a no brainer in
>> marketing terms.
>
>
> Of course, the next logical step for Pentax is to make another APS-C DSLR
> camera based on the K-7/K-5 concept equipped with the new APS-C 24 MP Sony
> sensor. If so, I only hope they're going to place the LV button elsewhere...
>
> However, I'd also like a K20D-size camera with 18MP FF sensor (the same
> rumored for the next Nikon D800). That would be a darkness killer.
Most of the things I want in an APS-C SLR I could have with the K-5
source code and a month or two:
A histogram that fed off the raw files
The green button, in raw, working like TAv mode
Pressing the Fx button once making a change,
and pressing it again putting you back in the s
ame state you were in before
A means of setting the exposure (for doing studio or landscape work)
where the camera takes test shots, and sets the exposure based on
the raw data from the sensor. Where you can say ETTR with some
head room from clipping, or allow up to some percentage of the
photo to clip (if there's a light in the background).
I'd like a good interface between the camera and an external computer
so I could look at photos on a big computer screen in the studio.
I also want some fast, sharp, wide lenses. Preferably weather sealed. I
could get these with mirrorless, so the shorter registration distance
would allow wide fast lenses that didn't retrofocus, or with full frame
that gave me another 1.5 times the field of view with the glass I have.
For most of what I do, I much prefer the optical viewfinder, however I
have found that there are times when live view is indispensable. If I'm
doing a macro shot at ground level, sometimes I simply can't put my eye
next to the view finder. When I'm photographing at night, especially
when I have to manually focus, the self illumination and ability to zoom
in on live view really help. The lag time in the viewfinder and the
terrible lag when it comes out of live view before being able to take
the photo make it almost useless for any sort of dynamic scene.
A true mirrorless system could also work well for slow shutter speed
work as there would be no mirror to bounce. There could be issues with
the sensor heating, though I suspect that could be gotten around by not
using every sensor for every frame of preview, using a lot less power.
I also suspect that a lot of those issues could be solved with a
rangefinder.
I want a mirrorless system to supplement, not to replace, my SLR.
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Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est)
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