Originally posted by pathdoc I play this game from time to time; it's called "how much can they rip out of a DSLR and still leave you able to select shutter speed, ISO and aperture, and take pictures?". It is my hypothesis that given the micro-miniaturisation we have seen in cellphones over the last few years, and keeping manual actuation to recock the shutter, this bare minimum could be crammed inside the shell of a Pentax MX, all the way down to using the existing shutter speed and ISO selection dials on the camera and limiting use to film-era lenses only.There would be no screen; only a slot for a micro-SD card... or maybe a jack you could plug into where the FP port is now, since they don't make those sorts of flashbulbs anymore.
Well I have, somewhere, an Olympus FT half frame SLR that still works, they just ran the mirror vertically so it works in portrait format and then squeezed everything else down as far as it would go, nice camera, as Leica have proved, you don't need most of the gadgets modern cameras are filled with. Of course they then screwed up the whole thing by making the camera as heavy as possible and charging the moon for it and their lenses.
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Originally posted by UncleVanya Seems like a rational decision.
Probably not, I haven't actually mentioned it yet to "the she who must be obeyed" as she's just back from causality with a sprained ankle after falling over one of the dogs in the dark last night.
Brilliant fool proof excuses for the purchase welcome.