If we go back to the original fuzzy picture posted by Zos (which now appears to really be of the K-3 but with a different lens photoshopped on the front) and you look at the right side of that hump, you will see a thin line and what appears to be a larger slot at the bottom (for opening with a thumbnail?) http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/k-3hatch.png
If so, this makes me believe that it hides a plug (or plugs) of some kind that one would need to access. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 03:02:56PM -0400, 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. > > I'm afraid that is just too cool to be true. > >> >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
