On 01/10/06, Jón Ragnarsson <jonr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Heh, this is fun...
> This is all of course very IMHO.
And this is very IMHO.
> > Titanium weatherproof body
> Would be nice.
But the titanium is a bit of a gimmick, and will make it unnecessarily expensive
> > High-eyepoint viewfinder with built-in dioptre control and interchangeable
> > eyecup
> Standard stuff.
Quite. I'd rather it was bigger and had a good old fashioned screen
with a split-image and possibly even a microprism collar for manual
focusing.
> > Nine-zone intuitive 360-degree AF
> Whatever 360° AF means...
I've no idea either, but the camera's intuition may well be different
from mine ;)
> > P/A/M (no Shutter-AE) with unlimited Bulb timing
Just please stop wasting my time with brazillions of program modes
I'll never use.
> > On-body 2/12-sec cancellable self-timer
Nice, but not that important.
> > 0.17-sec response shutter release button with thread mount for std release
> > cable
Didn't we get 0.04s response with the E-10? OK, I know there was no
mirror, but even so.... what's the response time on an E-300?.
Standard cable release I like, but even better would be an electronic
one that uses a standard connector (e.g. 3-way 2.5 or 3.5mm jack) with
nothing more complex (and I can't see that it needs to be) than two
switches at the other end. This could easily be made splash proof,
too.
> > Spot button with EV Memory engage/disengage collar
> > Adjacent Hilight (+4.7EV)+Shadow (-2.7EV) button set
> All highly likely.
Just like an OM-4? that would be nice, assuming the "spot" button
will be used the same way, i.e. to collect spot readings and set the
exposure to the average of them.
> > 12-6400ISO selectable sensitivity range
> 6400ISO? On 14MP FT sensor? I don't think so...
Still, it would be nice though.
> > Customisable in-camera imaging workflow
> Why not?
Why? maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I'd rather use the camera just for
capturing the images and work on them later with a computer attached
to a bigger screen than the camera has. Why make the camera more
complex than it needs to be?
> > Removable/upgradeable LCD for remote Bluetooth operability
Not sure what the point of that is, unless there's a live view. OTOH,
control of the camera by bluetooth would be moderately cool, albeit
rather short range, no? Live view with video out would be of more use
to, say, a wildlife photographer.
> > Quick-release lock interchangeable hotshoe for backward compatibility to
> > T-series and FP flash units
> Ugh... hardly.
Why not? I'd like that. Mind you, I think Oly deserved a bit of a
kicking for not making the FL-series flashes pin and signal compatible
with the T-series (which would mean there'd be no adapter required at
this late stage). It only needs two signals, for heavens sake (start
the flash, and quench the flash) and they're both present in the new
system. That level of continuity from OM to E10 to E-1 and beyond
would have earned them a lot of brownie points IMHO. You can probably
guess that I was *very* annoyed to find that the FL-40 that I bought
(from C.H. Ling of this list) for my E-10 was less than fully
functional with my E-300. Are they making a system or what?
> > Option for wireless transceiver for wireless remote flash operations
> Yes, please!!!!
Seconded, even though I won't be an early adopter (see above)
> > BLM-1 lithium-ion battery compatible
Continuity of usability of ancillaries like that is a good thing.
> > USB 2.0/FireWire IEEE1348
As opposed to what? E-300 has USB2, why take a step backwards
> Of course. Even E-1 had Firewire.
Quite.
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