Yeah. Not all that practical, but awesome sounding IMO. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:20 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > How perfectly silly, and requires that the rear screen have it's own > independent power supply. I just don't buy that part. It's much more > reasonable to suppose that if WiFi is involved that Ricoh would supply an > APP/application for a tablet device, (Phone, iPad/Pod, etc.), or PC/MAC > laptop or desktop for remote photography. > > > On 10/1/2013 3:02 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> >> A hump rumor.... >> >> "Originally posted by moray-eel-bite >> Okay, so before the reality dampens the rampant speculation: >> >> The hump is a wifi receiver and sending unit. This is needed, because >> the LCD screen is removable and usable as a remote with full depth-of >> field preview as well as focus peaking. This allows birders and >> astro-photographers to leave the rig set up and take pictures from >> afar... a gimbal mount controllable tripod will be announced >> simultaneously. This way you don't need to be near the rig to take >> pictures. It also feeds into the 'selfie' obsession where you can see >> exactly how the picture will look in real time before taking it (since >> real outdoors people (the pentax niche) are often on their own in the >> wilderness. Also, they've rammed a GPS tracking unit as well as a >> superior flash unit in there... just for good measure. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Read more at: >> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/238387-another-new-image-k-3-a-11.html#ixzz2gUyVuWSY"; >> >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:51 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 10/1/2013 2:32 PM, CollinB wrote: >>>>> >>>>> - Lump under the K-3 logo. >>>>> My first inclination is to assume this has something to do with the >>>>> mechanism that flips the mirror up and down, such as a stronger motor >>>>> to make it move faster. I really don't know what it is, though. I >>>>> don't think I've ever seen anything like it on a camera before. >>>> >>>> Yak shaving: Might just be a thumb rest. >>> >>> >>> If you're holding the camera with a pancake lens, as if it were a P&S and >>> letting it auto focus, (lets admit we've all done it), the lump looks to >>> be >>> positioned just right to be very uncomfortable. I guess that's one way >>> to >>> encourage proper camera handling. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the >>> crazy, crazier. >>> >>> - H.L.Mencken >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > 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.
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