Re: description of camera design I would like to have

On 29 Sep 2008 00:11:08 GMT, phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:12:06 +1000 dj_nme <dj_nme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| The only real differences between your wish and the DMC-G1 is that there
| is no pentaprism (what's that needed for? An eyepiece pointed straight
| at the EVF screen does the same thing, without requiring a chunk of
| expensive, machined glass.) and it seems to use contrast detection AF
| only (with no IR RF mechanism).

If they can make an LCD work through a straight line optical path, fine.
I suggested the pentaprism design so that the same eyepiece optics in the
matching mirror based line could be used with the LCD based viewer. That
and the greater optical path length through the pentaprism would allow use
of a larger LCD for better resolution. I'm thinking of this as NOT for the
P&S market, but for the high end hobby through to pro market, parallel to
the SLR model line, intended to use the same accessories as much as possible,
especially lenses, but also other attachments ranging from special eyepieces
to battery packs to anything else that could make sense. The only difference
would be the closer mounting of lenses which would be an advantage for wide
angle lenses, with an adaptor to extend the length for mounting regular SLR
lenses at their proper distance.

Until you do away with that last-century SLOOOOooooowwwwwww, noisy,
short-mechanical-life, camera-shaking, image-jarring, snail's-pace flash-sync,
subject-motion distorting, focal-plane shutter ... you'll never be able to do
any precision high-speed photography nor candid photography with it. And you'll
still be thrown out of public events for all the noise you can make with every
shutter press.

Add one more to your wish list. A precision ultra-high-speed quiet leaf-shutter
with speeds up to 1/40,000th of a second or more, or a fully electronic-shutter
design with speeds just as fast or faster.



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