A FF compact a la the Fuji X100 with a nice prime. Pentax does have some history making a premium body and there is an apparent market for premium compacts.
Who knows? A slim bodied APS-C mirrorless with new lenses but can AF newer K mounts (DA) with an adaptor would be nice. On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est) > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
