Originally posted by Rico Kunzite I assure you the glass is half full. They can always fill it at anytime instead Ricoh/Pentax stays behind the curve instead of in front of it.
I own a K-1. I am always waiting for the K-1 to catch up with me due to the UHS-I bus in normal operation. The sensor can not readout faster than the bottle neck UHS-1 bus. All aspects of the K-1 handling from frame rates to responsiveness to lack of 4k video would benefit from UHS-II.
How is 4 cards overkill? If you can fit 4 Micro SD card slots where they have 2 SD card slots how is that over kill? As a field camera 4 slots is a blessing. Now the storage options are that much more advantageous. You could set Video and Photo back up to separate cards. Or each card slot could be set to a different USER set up. Time-lapse etc all benefit from more storage space.
The XQD in the long term is the best option for performance. The entire architecture could be PCI Express.
Ricoh/Pentax should do away with the mechanical shutter as well. One less thing in the way to reduce weight and size.
cartridge? mini-sd cards? some users have wild ideas....
4 card ports also sound impractical to me,
but with everything else.... you are 100% right.
UHS-II, totally should be integrated in the next pentax camera.
XQD would also be welcome....
but CFEXPRESS is the thang thats to come....
(and its said of, to be backwards compatible to XQD, whilst having a more widespread acceptance in photo-consortiums.)
An up to date ILC will also need:
faster and longer bursts(bigger and better buffer mem),
4K Video for the video fans is the cat's pajamas - not only for the pros, no! we need that! I am going to sooo enjoy reviewing my nephew and niece playin in the garden in 4k on my new screen.
talking about video, slo-mo recordings would also be welcome...
small compact cameras can throw elbow long bursts with 16 pix a second or more
... i totally understand why you don't like those drawbacks rico.
I bought a Sony RX100 IV not so long ago... and looked a bit into the sony system. and i have to say:
The EVF on that thing is sooo NICE!!!
This is the bees knees... you look through that little viewfinder and there may be a lag but man you just dont see it. NEVER.
WhatYouSeeIsWhatYouGet ALWAYS.
Exposure correction up....... e voila: you see exactly how it will affect the picture you will take
IMMEDIATELY!!
and since the handling and button layout of this little thing is really well made, all things are clear and you dont have to take off your eyes from the viewfinder when you want to alter the cameras settings.
Everything you change,... you see it in that little viewfinder.
histogram - BAM- in your face... you see it as an overlay in the bottom right in the EVF
change mode from single to burst to burst "time priority" to exposure bracketing to white balance bracketing - BAM - overlay on the left side of the frame in the EVF
exposure correction... like I said before---- EVF!!!
change the flash settings - you see all that in the EVF and you NEVER EVER have to take your eyes off that viewfinder.
AND NO, its not strainin. it really is nice calibrated and goes easy on your eyes.
and its not only the viewfinder.
16pix per second - burst rate
and the successor (Mark V) is even better ---> 24 still pix per second in continous AF!! it slows down after 150 pix....