Brainstorming for DSLR future hardware features and photo genres

VoiceOfReason · 02-05-2018, 07:37 AM - **1 Like**

Intervalometer astrotracer mode. Set it to where your image will be a 20% or so smaller so you have good quality stackable images.

**Ron Boggs** · 02-05-2018, 10:03 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

As long as the stacking provides the same resolution and image quality as regular mode and is available for both JPEG and RAW. Some systems leverage their video mode for stacking.

Steve

Kind of dreaming of pixel-shifted stacks...that will likely leave me with Helicon...Yes, no interest whatsoever in video stacks or other low res. options...

I'm not one of those "hundred image" stackers. This is a 6 or 7 shot stack...just focused on foreground handle first, then the rim of the juicer/steamer, then...What I really like about stacking is I can select to leave the background defocused...sure would be nice to do it without looking at a computer!

---------- Post added 02-05-18 at 10:06 AM ----------

No polarizer so glare differentiates black chokecherries from becoming a singular big black spot.

Wasp · 02-07-2018, 12:56 AM

I have always admired the hybrid viewfinder of the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 from a distance, but I am not sure that it would be useful (or even possible) in a DSLR.

Edit: Maybe eye-controlled focus as in the Canon EOS 5 (a.k.a. EOS A2/A2E) can be made to work with modern technology?

**RobA_Oz** · 02-07-2018, 04:08 AM

Originally posted by Wasp

I have always admired the hybrid viewfinder of the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 from a distance, but I am not sure that it would be useful (or even possible) in a DSLR.

You'll find quite a bit of discussion about the whys and hows of that proposal in a couple of other forum threads, and a few members who seem pretty convinced of its usefulness.

---------- Post added 7th Feb 2018 at 10:15 PM ----------

I've mentioned this one a few times in the past, when we've been canvassing suggestions for the next Pentax body: viewfinder blinds. Light leakage into the exposure metering via the eyepiece can give a false reading, mostly when shooting remotely. A couple of film Pentaxes had them, so I don't know why their DSLRs never have.

VoiceOfReason · 02-09-2018, 08:39 AM

Seriously though, 8k 60p video since KAF4 allows silent AF in video with mechanical SR and the ability to wirelessly control and save it to a computer. That will attract a ton more users because even though I rarely use video many do. That's why they all get a Canon or mft. Doing this will blow away everyone else. Also, for video allow video to use a portion of the sensor so it can be used as a crop mode if the user wants to.

02-07-2018, 12:56 AM	#33
Wasp Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Pretoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,661	I have always admired the hybrid viewfinder of the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 from a distance, but I am not sure that it would be useful (or even possible) in a DSLR. Edit: Maybe eye-controlled focus as in the Canon EOS 5 (a.k.a. EOS A2/A2E) can be made to work with modern technology? Last edited by Wasp; 02-07-2018 at 02:10 AM.

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02-05-2018, 07:37 AM - 1 Like	#31
VoiceOfReason Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mishawaka IN area Photos: Albums Posts: 6,124	Intervalometer astrotracer mode. Set it to where your image will be a 20% or so smaller so you have good quality stackable images.

02-07-2018, 04:08 AM	#34
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,200	Originally posted by Wasp I have always admired the hybrid viewfinder of the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-Pro2 from a distance, but I am not sure that it would be useful (or even possible) in a DSLR. You'll find quite a bit of discussion about the whys and hows of that proposal in a couple of other forum threads, and a few members who seem pretty convinced of its usefulness. ---------- Post added 7th Feb 2018 at 10:15 PM ---------- I've mentioned this one a few times in the past, when we've been canvassing suggestions for the next Pentax body: viewfinder blinds. Light leakage into the exposure metering via the eyepiece can give a false reading, mostly when shooting remotely. A couple of film Pentaxes had them, so I don't know why their DSLRs never have.

02-09-2018, 08:39 AM	#35
VoiceOfReason Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mishawaka IN area Photos: Albums Posts: 6,124	Seriously though, 8k 60p video since KAF4 allows silent AF in video with mechanical SR and the ability to wirelessly control and save it to a computer. That will attract a ton more users because even though I rarely use video many do. That's why they all get a Canon or mft. Doing this will blow away everyone else. Also, for video allow video to use a portion of the sensor so it can be used as a crop mode if the user wants to.