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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-19-2019, 03:12 AM
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I wonder why it is so hard to make a hybrid. Basically every DLSR is mirrorless when you are using back screen. Then it just needs electrical pixel matrix overlay on the OVF which changes from transparent to a visible pixel screen. This tech probably does not exist or is expensive now. Other solution would be two viewfinders. Personally I would like to have an external EVF which you wear like a monocle. Looks ridiculous, but sooo practical because camera placement does not matter then. These photographers would be like pirates with one eye covered. External EVF just needs HDMI stream and maybe some tweaks to HUD which can be done with firmware update. Yes, mirrorless need good AF too, but for video it does not matter much. Mainly for action and then you can use...well OVF.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-15-2019, 05:44 AM
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Staying with DSLR or releasing a hybrid is probably the best bet for Pentax. Many other brands have so much resources and reputation that Pentax can't compete with everything. Basically K-1 and K-3 II / KP raised Pentax from the ditch because they have many good features with bargain price. Pixel shift as a leading feature for Pentax had it moment, now Panasonic S1R/S1 doing it better. I can see why K-1 has bargain price because it has quite old sensor, but tuned to compete with newer sensors. Video recording is below mediocre, slow SD-card writing and shared with two slots. Tricky AF and not great continuous shooting speed, shutter shock problems. They had to cut from somewhere to reduce price. Hopefully Pentax does similar things in the future and compete with value. They should focus more on firmware features because phone cameras are leading there and other camera brands not doing much either. I would wish to have scripts as custom functions. You could chain low level commands and the camera execute them as fast as possible. It would solve many problems for me. Pentax really doesn't have same professional camera equipment line as major brands, so no real reason to make artificial software blocks.
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