[bxf]

It's coming...

[Tom S.]

photorumors has another Pentax FF rumor from ricehigh (More Pentax full frame DSLR camera rumors | Photo Rumors).. I'm surprised you guys haven't made that a multiple page saga yet.

RH is so full of bogus info he was banned from here eons ago.

[starjedi]

photorumors has another Pentax FF rumor from ricehigh (More Pentax full frame DSLR camera rumors | Photo Rumors).. I'm surprised you guys haven't made that a multiple page saga yet.

Not much new information at all...

[bilybianca]

I love this thread already for it's music

Here's my contribution - because we're all cowboys

Imperiet - C.C. Cowboys (Coca Cola Cowboys) - YouTube

Trevor

I love this thread because of all the Swedish music! Since nobody seems interested in talking Pentax in this thread, I can tell you I saw Imperiet live - in Managua 1986. A bit odd, since they as I come from Sweden. They were the first foreign group to visit Nicaragua after Carlos Santana in 1972!

Just my contribution to keep this thread alive.

Kjell

[starjedi]

I love this thread because of all the Swedish music! Since nobody seems interested in talking Pentax in this thread, I can tell you I saw Imperiet live - in Managua 1986. A bit odd, since they as I come from Sweden. They were the first foreign group to visit Nicaragua after Carlos Santana in 1972!

Just my contribution to keep this thread alive.

Kjell

Let 's work together to make this thread alive. Wait FF with music! As far as we knew, CP+ next year is the time for FF... Before that, just speculation... 130 days to go!

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Let 's work together to make this thread alive. Wait FF with music! As far as we knew, CP+ next year is the time for FF... Before that, just speculation... 130 days to go!

Add some technical analysis for how to realize the handheld super shift pixels: I guess it is mainly on software development.

1) use current anti-shake to detect body move and compensate the shake with pixel shift.

2)detect the blurred part/artificial part and use the existing data to overide this part. So we do not need to have a 100% super raw but can allow 90% or even lower... The main details like mountains still will be great!

3) so it can work with scenes with moving object.. Just static parts are enhanced! It will still very useful!!!

[reh321]

Let 's work together to make this thread alive. Wait FF with music! As far as we knew, CP+ next year is the time for FF... Before that, just speculation... 130 days to go!

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Add some technical analysis for how to realize the handheld super shift pixels: I guess it is mainly on software development.

1) use current anti-shake to detect body move and compensate the shake with pixel shift.

2)detect the blurred part/artificial part and use the existing data to overide this part. So we do not need to have a 100% super raw but can allow 90% or even lower... The main details like mountains still will be great!

3) so it can work with scenes with moving object.. Just static parts are enhanced! It will still very useful!!!

As a (retired) software developer, it sounds like a lot of work to me. I wonder whether the current processors are up to it, or whether we'd have to wait for Moore's Law to deliver more power.

[starjedi]

As a (retired) software developer, it sounds like a lot of work to me. I wonder whether the current processors are up to it, or whether we'd have to wait for Moore's Law to deliver more power.

Fully agree. I also suspect that the development is not easy. For pixel-shifting technique, it has to be precise. Hand held contradicts with this fact.

[starjedi]

First Pentax Non-Prototype/3DPrinting FF@Week of Feb 22, 2016

As an end of last counterdown, let's start a final countdown(hopefully). Only 140 days to go...

Current rumors (will update based on latest rumor):
36.3MP CMOS Sensor
Viewfinder Magnification: 0.78 coverage 98%
No 4K video
5 axis stabilization (4.5 stops)
Super resolution mode ( first on FF)
Fine composition adjustment ( first on FF)
50+ AF focus points
Adapted to 645 lenses
Price ~$2500
Announcement date: Week of Feb 22, 2016

Updated based on Oct 16 rumors!

[thibs]

Updated based on Oct 16 rumors!

Even the VF coverage is not credible IMO.

[starjedi]

Even the VF coverage is not credible IMO.

0.78 too large? My initial guess is 0.75 :-)

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Even the VF coverage is not credible IMO.

98% coverage too large? Heard not possible for 100%. My guess is 92%.

[Mistral75]

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98% coverage too large? Heard not possible for 100%. My guess is 92%.

92% coverage would be a huge letdown. Even among entry-level 24x36 DSLRs, the coverage is much larger: 97% for Canon EOS 6D and 100% for Nikon D610.

On the other hand, 0.78x magnification (not coverage) is huge for a 24x36 DSLR (event though manual focus SLRs had a much larger one). Nikon D4s has 0.7x magnification and Canon EOS-1D X 0.76x. Only Sony Alpha 7R II's EVF reaches 0.78x.

[starjedi]

92% coverage would be a huge letdown. Even among entry-level 24x36 DSLRs, the coverage is much larger: 97% for Canon EOS 6D and 100% for Nikon D610.

On the other hand, 0.78x magnification (not coverage) is huge for a 24x36 DSLR (event though manual focus SLRs had a much larger one). Nikon D4s has 0.7x magnification and Canon EOS-1D X 0.76x. Only Sony Alpha 7R II's EVF reaches 0.78x.

I see. So 0.78x with 100% coverage will be gorgeous!

[thibs]

0.78 too large? My initial guess is 0.75 :-)

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98% coverage too large? Heard not possible for 100%. My guess is 92%.

Sorry for the delay: I meant that 100% coverage is IMO natural. It is can be done: Nikon and Canon do. Btw, Pentax offers 100% in their aps line, I don't expect a downgrade in a high end FF.

[patarok]

1x 100%

[D1N0]

anybody remember this movie?

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