I agree with Stan regarding the whole "first generation" and then make it better thing. That's just how tech works.
Not so sure about the "next few years" part though. There could be a whole new paradigm shift coming. Sony is working on "Active Pixel Color Sampling" sensors. http://www.slrlounge.com/sony-active-pixel-color-sampling-rumor/ The above link was when this was rumor. It has moved beyond that to being officially mentioned for small sensors on Sony's official sites, with the future goal that the technology would move up to APS-C and eventually full frame sensors. If and when that happens the Pentax shifting of the sensor to get around the Bayer solution no longer has a problem (assuming the new sensors are equal to or superior to the Bayer sensors in other ways. Technology marches forward. On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > The Official Announcement from Pentax/Ricoh says > "Pixel Shift Resolution for capturing still life subjects”. SR via sensor > shift was cool when first introduced but it had limitations. With every > generation of camera it keeps getting better. And then we had sensor shift > coupled with GPS etc to give us Astrotracing. Now the K-3ii has the first > generation pixel-shift for improved color depth. Limited, but it will get > better. Something to look forward to during each official-camera-announcement > period over the next few years! > > stan > > > Scenics? Maybe. Portraits? Maybe not. Product shots? Other macro work? > Probably. > > stan > > On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:53 AM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Eric Featherstone >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> What is an "electronic shutter" if not the focal plane shutter? >>> >>> Well no, the focal plane shutter is mechanical, not electronic. (Its >>> timing may be /controlled/ electronically but it itself is >>> mechanical.) >>> >>> An electronic shutter is a method of using the electronics in the >>> sensor to switch on/off its light reading capability. See >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_(photography)#Electronic_shutter >>> or take a look at hacking the flash sync speed of a D70 by using its >>> electronic shutter >>> http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/hacking-your-cameras-sync-speed-pt-1.html >> >> And as to why they would implement it for the "Pixel Shift Resolution" >> mode, I'll refer you to myself speculating yesterday: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg715767.html >> >> The electronic shutter is faster than the mechanical shutter, so the >> sub-exposures can be closer together in time, mitigating camera or >> subject motion. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
