The micro 4/3 format is essentially a sensor size and lens mount/registration spec. All that stuff (live view interruption time, if any ) could possibly change in later designs of the camera bodies as time goes by. The sensor architecture and viewfinder processing isnt format locked aside from no room for a mirror. Cost could be prohibiitive now, but not later.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 7:22 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, J.C. O'Connell<hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > that doesn't sound like something inherent in the format. That sounds > like a design choice on a particular camera. > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) It's inherent to the use of live view, although the length of the delay could possibly be reduced. You can't output the (low-rez) LV feed and also a full-rez image from the sensor at the same time. Also resetting the image involves a sensor reset, which lowers noise levels. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- 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.