> Not quite the same, Cory. For operation of the current DSLRs, the
> cycle of activity starts with the mirror down, sensor initialized and
> ready to go. For a Live View mode, the shutter has to be closed, the
> sensor reset to the capture mode, and then the exposure cycle
> started. If in continuous capture mode, the shutter is cycled as
> normal and then, at end, the sensor is reset to the real time capture
> mode, the shutter reopened, etc etc. There are also implications
> regards the focusing system and several other possible system
> interactions involved.
>
> There are both hardware electronics and mechanical implications to
> all of this. It's not "... just programming ..." as you casually
> suggested. Nor is it free.
>
Unless there is a physical, mechanical linkage between the mirror,
shutter, and focus motor (unlikely). All of that is done via software
control. Thus, it in fact is, "just programming." There are a lot of
details to consider in such programming, but aside from writing the
routines to control the sensor in live capture mode, process them quicker,
and display on the screen quicker, the rest of the routines are already
primarily written.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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