On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 02:08:14PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:44:39AM -0600, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Graydon" > > > I would much rather see an accessory screen with a 2m cable and controls > > > similar to those provided on the grip. No need to weather-seal a > > > complex rotating electrical connection, one can really hide in the bird > > > blind and stay standing or in one's comfy chair for ground-level macro > > > (or stick-the-camera-in-the-thicket macro). > > > > > > Given the HDMI connection present in the K-7, they've already got most > > > of the circuitry they'd need to do this in there. > > > > That would seriously rock. > > Pentax, are you reading this? > > > Wouldn't it, though? > > And not just for nature photography, either. I'd love to be able to > use live view at a distance, and a wireless remote, for shots where > you can't have a photographer standing in the best shooting position > (such as sports events, for example). Perhaps more than a 2m cable > would be a good idea for some of those, too.
2m = HDMI max cable length on the basic specs for the transmitters. (Max for the cable tech is 50 feet.) Wireless eats batteries, and is hard, if you have to consider the case of four or five such cameras right next to each other, so I think it would pretty much have to be a cable accessory. Custom cabling, sure, they could do much longer, but that'd probably take significant development effort. I'd much rather have the 2m version than not have the 5 or 10 m version with the custom fibre optic cable. -- Graydon, who figures one of the controls normally on the grip is a shutter button -- 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.
