I was surveying some of my old equipment the other day and started
messing with my 1N-RS. Then I starting thinking (day dreaming) about MY ultimate DSLR.
Basically full-frame, 12.8mp, 15 fps, pellicle mirror, sealed sensor,
and silent operation. This would be a journalists dream. My RS would be
virtually silent if it were not for the film transport. But a DSLR doesn't
have a film transport and the carbon fibre shutter WOULD be nearly
silent. Imagine firing off 15 fps without distracting your primary or
his/her cohorts (security). And without a mirror to flip, the sensor
could be hermetically sealed agains dust. And further, 15 fps IS attainable with todays high speed sensors. Eliminate the mechanical limitations and imagine what we would have!



Anyway, just thinking out loud.