Having an FF viewfinder on a APS-C sensor wouldn't be that extraordinary. Sigma had that with the SD10, and I thought it was a nice feature. You could see what was outside the frame, which is pretty neat for sports photography etc., and actually photography in general. Helps with composition etc.
As for electronic viewfinder, there'd be the possibility to flip an electronic viewfinder into view... so at the push of a button you'd either be able to look through the lens directly, or through an EVF. Those with cameras that have an EVF seem to say it's great in some situations (the info it gives, being able to magnify a part for manual focusing, ...). And if you want to take photos in a situation where a traditional viewfinder is better (or you just want to save battery)... you can switch back. I for one would love to have that feature, especially when coupled with a really good EVF. But... those things are expensive.
Originally posted by BobBlazevic I had a thought that it would be possible to fit a mechanism in this area to shift the entire sensor system automatically.
It could take bracketed pictures as the sensor is shifted down and to one side, then up, then to the other side, and then down.
Then the image processor automatically stiches it together.
Essentially, every lens is now a shift lens.
This would also fit in with the 40Mp with sensor shift talk.
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/237866-pentax-k3-40-mp-via-sensor-shift.html We already have the every lens is a shift lens feature in the K-5, though it is well hidden. Now having that in a braketing sort of mode would be great, I've been hoping for that for quite a while. Especially when they increase range of the sensor shift function to cover the entire FF area. For still photographers who use a tripod that could turn their cameras into FF cameras with very high resolution, without the bulk and pricetag of a FF camera. It doesn't give you all of the FF advantages, but it's something.
@derekkite:
http://www.starduos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/oled_laptop2013.jpg Now I believe that was a couple of years ago... I think Google Glass uses a transparent display too, but I haven't looked through one yet. And any LCD panel is transparent, the light comes from behind the actual LCD. Using OLED, i.e. an self illuminated screen would be better though since it wouldn't require for a big flat lightsource to pop up behind the screen.
But if they use an transparent OLED, why would they need a motor? To completely block off light?
@ElJamoquio: As Palm, Microsoft and BlackBerry will gladly tell you... it isn't enough to be better than the competitors in the mobile phone space. You have to be so much better that people will be willing to switch. It must be a big improvement. Especially since people have already invested into other systems, they are used to those systems and have several expensive lenses. JUST giving them a camera that does all the same things, just a bit faster, a bit cheaper, a bit better built, ... that isn't enough. Now THIS here... THIS could be enough to convince others. If every single feature rumored and wanted is implemented.
A Z axis sensor shift? Nice. I like your thinking, bossa.
Oh god. the new photos. Ricoh? Really?
Also, the video recording button doubles as a LiveView button? That REALLY sucks. What the hell were they thinking?! Damn it. It's useless then... all they added was some paint. What I need is being able to start video recording regardless of the mode I am in. If I have to be in video mode to start shooting a video, then I may as well use the shutter button?! Ah, I missed the switch between video and photo... so video whereever I want, but it is still one step more than I wanted. Couldn't they just have dropped that switch and given us another button? Clavius would be happy too, cause he could reassign that red button to whatever he wants to.
It does have USB 3.0... could that mean we can plug in a HDD and save photos/videos to that hard drive instead? Or it would be nice to bring along a USB 3.0 harddrive and just copy files from SD card to that drive, when the SD card is full (or as a backup).
@Uluru: Better yet, give us WiFi and an API or something so we can connect our smartphone to it. Use the smartphone as a screen and to control the camera.