An interesting wish list ... On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Bob Blakely wrote:
> List of capabilities I want in my current K10D, all of which could > be made > available from camera firmware and/or Remote Assistant software: > > 1. Ability to turn off the viewfinder display. It's not only > useless for > astrophotography, it greatly interferes with night vision and > focusing on > stars. Without it, in ultra-dim circumstances where AF doesn't work anyway, I set the camera power to time out as fast as possible and focus without touching the shutter release. > 2. Ability to adjust focus manually from the remote assistant, i.e. > adjust the little screw drive as desired in manual mode from the > remote > assistant. > 3. Digital preview selection from the remote assistant (for remote > focus). > 4. Zoom of the digital preview selection from the remote > assistant (for > remote focus). > 5. Continuous (one frame per half second) transfer to to the remote > assistant of the zoomed of the digital preview (for remote focus and > monitoring). I've never used the remote assistant but all of these sound like a good addition to its capabilities. > 7. Actual mirror lock (with AC adaptor for selenoid power if it's > necessary). Not sure why this is needed for anything, but it would be good anyway. > and via additional device: > > 8. Wireless (preferably via ad hoc 802.11n) transfer of all data > and > protocols available from the camera's USB port. Yes. Good stuff. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
