Originally posted by donfenix Adam, I would like to suggest a rather unique feature to Ricoh for their upcoming FF camera. It regards a DA lens mounted on an FF sensor and how you can create two cropped shooting modes in addition to the regular cropped mode that would make great use of the available sensor area. Please take a look at the following sketch and let me know whether you think this is worth mentioning to Ricoh. Imagine being able to jump to any of the 3 cropped modes illustrated on the right while looking through the viewfinder or at the rear screen by simply pressing a button or turning a wheel. I don't think any of the current camera makers has this simple feature on offer.
Very interesting idea, especially not having to turn the camera to shoot portrait orientation.
In the OVF, Pentax might consider overlaying an LCD panel, which could darken at the appropriate zones to "mask" what the photographer sees, to match what will be captured.
In fact, they could even allow a viewable area slightly larger than actually captured, like what happens with rangefinders - many say that this characteristic of rangefinders actually enhances the creative/mental process when framing for a shot.
Could be a great feature for Pentax, here....