I've thought about this a lot...
It would be an LX (size, weight, fit, feel, changeable finders) plus:
Modes: Add Shutter-Priority AE mode.
Metering Spot meter choice.
Shutter: 1/4000th second.
Sync: to 1/250 second.
ISO: to 64000.
Focus: through separate motor drive, and
Focus confirm without motor drive.
(Sensor on light box floor as part of metering sensor.)
Mount sensors/contacts for future servos in lenses.
Media: Easily exchanged Film, Digital backs.
Cost: <$1500.00, Body only, with basic finder
add <$500 for motor drive with coupled Autofocus servo.
add <$200 for winder without Autofocus servo.
add <$2000 for Digital back with 36x24mm, ~14MP sensor.
User replaceable min 2GB microdrives.
add <$1000 for Digital back with 24x16mm, ~6MP sensor.
User replaceable min 2GB microdrives.
Control: Firmware updatable.
Regards, Bob...
Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If Pentax were to produce one last new film cameras, what would you want it
to be?
My choice would be something like the LX but cut cost by eliminating the
removable finder and use a different mirror bumper system that doesn't need
regular maintenance (sticky mirror). Add the other modes, "A" interface,
and a spot meter & we're set. Probably a $500 body. But built to last a
lifetime.
Personally, the AF cameras of Pentax haven't excited me. They're either too
plasticky (ZX/MZ) or too difficult to hold (PZ/Z). But I've not having held
the MZ-S yet. Maybe a scaled-down, affordable MZ-S would be useful as well.
Sincerely,
C. Brendemuehl -------------------------------- 'Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.' Ronald Reagan
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