Would leaving any of that out really save any money? Isn't most of that already on the chip or mostly firmware? Maybe a KX style plastic body with no weather sealing.
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 1) Pentax still needs to improve on low-light autofocus--that's a must. > > 2) But, here's what I'd like to see: a stripped down camera. > K-5 high ISO quality , frames per second, bracketing feature, natural > shooting mode only, & AV, TV et al. modes, white balance features--then add > improved lowlight autofocus. > > Get rid of everything else--video, creative filters, multiple exposure > shooting, etc. I think a stripped down camera would make a nice back-up > camera or primary camera for that matter. It would have the quality of the > K5 but hopefully at a lower cost. One could use the fancy features on the > K5 if needed. > > Probably sounds crazy, but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. :-) Cheers, > Christine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bray" <tb...@textuality.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 11:50 AM > Subject: What next in an SLR? > > >> I'm awfully happy with the K-5. (I was out last night trying to take >> flash-free pictures in the light of the full moon using my old Sigma >> 30mm f1.4; it didn't come off for one reason or another, but I haven't >> given up). Anyhow, it can shoot in as little light as I'll ever need, >> and as many frames-per-second as I'll ever need, with as many pixels >> as I'll ever need, and has a battery as big as I'll ever need, and so >> on and so on. >> >> I'm thinking if I were a Pentax product manager trying to figure out >> what to put in the K-3 or K-1... I just wouldn't know where to start. >> >> Smaller would be nice but you can only take that so far before the >> K-glass gets way out of balance with the body; the K-5 looks >> deliciously butch with the short extra-fat Sigma on. >> >> Once again, what should Pentax be working on? -T >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
