They've managed to find a way to keep the mirror up for sensor cleaning, live view, and video... Adding a catch to keep the mirror up is not a major ordeal.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:53 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/19/2012 6:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> >>> Quoting Matthew Hunt<m...@pobox.com>: >>> >>>> http://photorumors.com/2012/03/19/pentax-k-r-successor/ >>>> >>>> My eyeball-based deconvolution algorithm says "K-z". >>>> >>> >>> >>> I don't care what they call it but a K-r with 16 MP? >>> >>> I'm interested..... >> >> Here's my wishlist, trying to keep things feasible: >> >> K-r body >> K-01 sensor, and improved firmware in the realm of live-view >> A mirror that can be locked up indefinitely without using battery power so >> live view can be used without excessive shutter lag dropping the mirror and >> raising it again. >> With the mirror locked up, the ability to use wide angle lenses that >> protrude into where the mirror would be if it were down. In other words, I >> want >> sharp, inexpensive f/1.4 20mm and 30mm primes, and am willing to use live >> view to get them. >> >> I wonder if what we'll get is a K-01 with and EVF > > > I don't think that the new electronic shutter/mirror designs allow for a > mechanical lockup mechanism, and a redesign is probably beyond the means of > Pentax or any other manufacturer, not to mention part of the reason shutters > are so much quieter than they used to be makes a mechanical lockup very > unlikely unless you want to go back to loud clack of the LX mirror slap, > which seems horrendously loud in retrospect. > > >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
