>From the specs... can someone speculate on this info under "Shutter": Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter * Electronic shutter when using Pixel Shift Resolution
What is an "electronic shutter" if not the focal plane shutter? On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Glen Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > It's no longer just a leaked report or rumor. I got an email about this > today, and you can find the official announcement on the Ricoh Imaging > website: > > http://us.ricoh-imaging.com/dslr/K-3_II > > Pentax Forums has also written multiple articles about the new camera. > > I've been interested in the sensor-shifting approach to resolution > enhancement for quite awhile now. The way they've implemented it, the final > image resolution stays at 24 megapixels, but the quality and accuracy of > those 24 megapixels is noticeably enhanced. Sharpness is increased, color > accuracy per-pixel is increased, and noise is noticeably reduced. The images > are comparable in quality to other cameras that have a higher pixel count in > their image sensors. > > The new camera also has GPS and a compass built into the camera, with > logging capability. Not only will the new camera do astrotracing with the > internal GPS unit, but it might even help me avoid getting lost if I take it > on a hike in the woods. ;) > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.

