The new Olympus M5 mark ii already does this sensor shift to produce high res images.
-- Bruce On March 24, 2015 6:21:46 PM PDT, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >Sometimes silence speaks volumes. >On March 14th, I sent Asahi Man (on DPReview Pentax SLR forum) a >private message. Rather than repeat myself, I will tell you exactly >what I told him... > >Dear asahi man, >You clearly are knowledgeable about the structure of things at the >current Pentax company. I was wondering if you would either pass this >idea along, or (alternately) let me know who I might pass it along to. > >Pentax has a huge advantage that they can exploit in their DSLRs due >to the SR system. They use this in a very innovative way with the >O-GPS1 for astrophotography. This would be another way to exploit that >system. > >What I propose is a menu for the SR system that would contain: ON, >OFF, DITHER. This new DITHER setting would shift the sensor slightly >(only 1 or 2 pixels) from the previous exposure. This would allow a >particular part of a scene that was exposed by a RED photosite to also >be exposed by a GREEN photosite and then a BLUE photosite. > >In astrophotography, those nearly identical images could then be >aligned and stacked in software (like Registax or DeepSkyStacker) and >eliminate noise, bringing out detail. > >To see the TREMENDOUS benefit this small change would make for >astrophotographers, watch the first 9 minutes and 55 seconds of this >video: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PZoCJBLAYEs > >The Canon user in the system refers to shifting the CAMERA slightly, >but Pentax could do it automatically. Thus cameras mounted to motor >driven telescopes or using small trackers (like these: >http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/strum56.htm ) would be able to do >tremendous astrophotography with Pentax cameras. The best part about >this idea is that I believe it could be implemented with only a >firmware update! > >Thank you for considering looking at this and passing it along to >someone at Pentax who understands the appeal of astrophotography (like >the team or individual that came up with the O-GPS1). > ></end of message> > >I was a bit surprised to receive absolutely no reply from him. Then >came this yesterday: >http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/03/23/in-progress-ricoh-reveals-pixel-shifting-high-resolution-mode-coming-soon-t > >It appears that I have nailed it (or perhaps nearly so). It remains to >be seen, but this is a HUGE leveraging of the sensor shift/shake >reduction technology that Pentax owns and clearly understands. > >Frankly the fact that this upcoming camera is a full frame now becomes >of secondary importance. The most important thing is to have ANY >camera that can do THIS. Wowsers. -- Sent from Kaiten Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
