Re the IR remote in the battery grip. The annoying thing about this is that you have to remove the battery tray to get to it. Imagine a spring loaded mechanism on the side of the grip (similar to the one that releases the sd card). push in and the remote pops out. Or it could be flush mounted to the bottom of the grip with a release catch. Even a little strap mounted pouch will do...
Ah few more more.... (although i'm sure that a number of you won't like this one).... A built in vertical grip with capacity for 2 batteries. (err pls... keep the same D-LI50 units so they can be shared with the K10D). OTOH If they keep the separate vertical grip then pls keep the tripod bush in line with lens centerline... Like the grip on the MZ-S.... I really hate the off center arrangement. The MZ-S grip was really cool in that respect. But then the MZ-S was cool in many respects. A bomb proof PC sync socket so that you don't have to worry about trigger voltages etc... The weather sealing issue is easily solved. put a screw on cap on it with a rubber gasket around the edges. The likely hood is that when using the PC sync socket you wont' need weather sealing.. The K10 is not weather proof with the SD card door open... Regards Patrick On 5/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good list. I concur. Although I've never had a problem with banding with the > K10D. Also, the K10D already has a spot to store the IR remote in the battery > grip. I don't think you'd want to make the camera itself larger to > accommodate this. But for those of us who have know problem with size and > therefore use the grip, the remote caddy is a great feature. I don't know if > the kind of high ISO low-noise performance you're asking for is currently > possible, but it certainly wold be nice. I think there's always going to be a > considerable tradeofff for ISO 3200 speed. CMOS sensors don't seem to have > much of a real advantage there. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Patrick Genovese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My wish list: > > > > 1. Faster and more accurate AF (I know it is a contradiction in terms > > but we know it is possible err. dark side) > > 2. Adjustable AF settings ( a user should be able to correct > > back/front focusing) > > 3. Larger sensor (1.3 crop factor) but only if current DA lenses cover > > the 1.3 crop factor. The reason for this is the physics... larger > > pixels => lower noise. > > 4. faster frame rate.... 5 to 8 fps and the frame rate should be > > adjustable. ie low,,, 3, med 5, high 8. 8 May be overkill (at least > > for me) but it would be nice to have at least 5fps. > > 5. Quieter operation over all --- Quiter af motors quieter shutter / > > mirror mechanism. > > 6. Higher eyepoint on the viewfider... but don;t mess up the > > viewfinder the k10 finder is too nice to muck up. > > 7. Smarter AF modes... e.g nearest subject, track moving subject > > etc... Nikon have someting of the sort and it really works well. > > 8. A good anti reflective system for the screen that will allow better > > viewing under bright sunlight > > 9. Lower noise and higher iso... up to at least 3200.. I want iso3200 > > with the sort of noise we currently get at around 640 -> 800. A Cmos > > sensor may be the way to go in this respect. > > 10 DNG with compression out of the camera. > > 11. Dual Card Slots (SD) with the ability to write Raw on one and jpeg > > on the other. > > 12. Buttons for WB & ISO.... ie hold a button down and turn a control wheel. > > 13. WB Setting display in viewfinder. > > 14. Better Write speeds to cards. > > 15. Separate AF Assist Lamp. (ie no need to popup flash) > > 16. Intervalometer accessible throught the menu. (IE TS110 cable > > release functions built into the firmware). This should be easy. > > 17. Bundled IR Remote with a gizmo to keep it permanently attached in > > some way e.g. to the camera strap or the base of the camera. > > 18. Higher res 12->16mp but not at the expense of adding noise 10MP is > > fine for me. > > 19. Addon for wireless transfer to PC > > 20. REMOVE ALL TRACES OF BANDING.... .... NOISE IS ACCEPTABLE BANDING IS > > NOT. > > 21. An updated lens line up .... Fast primes and fast zooms. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
