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    Latest And Greatest DSLR



    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.

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    Re: Latest And Greatest DSLR



    Oh, one more thing. How about processing the data stream for each photo receptor and adjusting exposure on a pixel by pixel basis. Imagine...perfect exposure on every part of the image! No more highlights to blow-out and no more lowlights to loose detail. Im sure the processors of today are capable of doing this. But for every photo receptor there would have to be an exposure sensor. Hmmm...maybe someday.

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    Re: Latest And Greatest DSLR



    Pellicle mirror means a loss of one stop of light. I don't think we want that just yet...too much of a trade-off.


    I don't think 15fps is a factor of the sensor. Video cameras have been doing 30-ish fps for years, and super-slo-mo cameras do 90fps.


    CCD sensors don't need shutters, so why not ask for CCD?
    We're a Canon/Profoto family: five cameras, sixteen lenses, fifteen Profoto lights, too many modifiers.

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    Re: Latest And Greatest DSLR



    Quote Originally Posted by abyssal20


    Oh, one more thing. How about processing the data stream for each photo receptor and adjusting exposure on a pixel by pixel basis. Imagine...perfect exposure on every part of the image! No more highlights to blow-out and no more lowlights to loose detail. Im sure the processors of today are capable of doing this. But for every photo receptor there would have to be an exposure sensor. Hmmm...maybe someday.
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    So what you want is a color-only sensor? No thanks.


    Processsors probably are available to do this, yet they probably can't keep up with 15fps while still keeping battery life, heat, and cost to a reasonable level.
    We're a Canon/Profoto family: five cameras, sixteen lenses, fifteen Profoto lights, too many modifiers.

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