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What attributes would your ideal camera have? My ideal camera hasn't been made yet but this is what it would have: Phase detect focus 4K vid at 60 P or higher Weather sealing 5 axis in body stabilization Long battery life Great dynamic range Compact design No low pass filter I'm not buying another body till this is avail - but when it is.......... Dec 27 14 08:38 pm Link I want amazing autofocus, usable IS0 into the 120K range. 8 fps and a 100 shot buffer. Everything else is really fluff. Dec 27 14 08:46 pm Link if you could somehow cross a 5D MK II with a fuji-xpro1 that would be great. Dec 27 14 10:11 pm Link Random Image wrote: I'd love that on a DX/Crop Nikon body, and be satisfied with a 35 shot (RAW) buffer. Dec 27 14 10:16 pm Link It should seem to disappear when I'm using it. Jason Dec 27 14 10:44 pm Link Xperience Media wrote: A few months ago I gotta camera with ALL THIS for only $340 at the camera swapmeet... a refurbished Nikon D3300. Brought it on the last cruiseboat photoshoot and hooked it up to a 55-300 ED-VR. Scored AMAZING pics with it (like this one) during the entire cruiseshoot. This 'very small and lightweight' camera KICKS ASS! Dec 27 14 11:14 pm Link I can rattle off a million features I'd like. But if a camera comes out that has better IQ and tonal range than everything else, even if it lacks AF, a viewfinder, a crappy control scheme, and has a buffer of one shot ... Guess what I'm using? Then again, my personal work is all LF. So I'm used to that trade-off. Dec 27 14 11:49 pm Link my ideal "runner up" came out last month in the X100T My ideal "finalist" will be out sometime early 2015, X-Pro2 Dec 27 14 11:54 pm Link Xperience Media wrote: None of which matters much to me. DR is nice, but current budget offerings meet my needs. Dec 28 14 12:18 am Link The follow are things that I do not see present in any currently existing camera. Excellent performance (over the 100 % of the frame) at 6400 iso with no loss of detail. Great dynamic range. Low pass filter on or a total different sensor technology that don't introduce moiré without it. While feautures as: - great in body stabilization - integrated wi-fi - 4K at 60P - Weather sealing - AF performance - fps etc are already present on different body, so should only to gather them together. Dec 28 14 01:19 am Link Zack Zoll wrote: Have you ever looked at the Sigma DP range? Dec 28 14 11:09 am Link I want it to take pictures please. I'll do the rest. Dec 28 14 08:24 pm Link Virtual Studio wrote: Not a fan. I just don't like Sigma lenses. Or many modern lenses, for that matter. Thanks for the suggestion though. Dec 28 14 09:19 pm Link What attribute would your Ideal camera have? Dec 28 14 09:54 pm Link The simpler the better. No need of batery. No need of eletronical or mechanical devices, or if needed only minimal. Light with stability. High dynamic renge. Any Weather resistence. I have being shooting exclusively with large format pinholes and I find its limitation liberating. No worry about lenses, focus, DOF, weather, Weight, plus the advantage described above. And the best characteristic of all. It is cheap. Dec 28 14 11:03 pm Link Lovin' the diversity of the attributes photographers consider ideal in a camera from minimalist to aspirational on the tech side. No two are the same and that's how it should be. Dec 28 14 11:58 pm Link I think viewfinders are generally disappointing, so if I were designing a camera I would start with that and not think about anything else until I had a really sensational optical viewfinder. I remember seeing a documentary on a recently deceased photographer and he was showing the interviewer his camera. It was a Leica with a viewfinder attached to the top, and his comment was that it was so good, and so essential, that he didn't think he could have become a photographer without it. I don't like the way your nose flattens against the back of the camera on dslrs, or the way stray light comes in. Once I had that then I would design an all metal body with modular parts for things like shutter and sensor, so that replacing them would take a novice seconds. Mostly i would have dials and buttons rather than menus, and they would be so well engineered they would never wear out. Instead of buying new cameras every 2 years you would simply replace the sensor and the processor. Dec 29 14 02:28 pm Link Can everyone afford to purchase the "ideal camera". Dec 29 14 02:39 pm Link TMG wrote: I agree on importance of good VF Dec 29 14 02:41 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: Yes, I had a Bronica for a while. I went somewhere to buy something else and the guy showed it to me. I bought it immediately after looking through the viewfinder. Dec 29 14 02:51 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: My Pentax 6x7 and Nikon F3 HP have viewfinders that I love. Dec 29 14 02:56 pm Link TMG wrote: I also have a bronica and I really like the VF. But middle format are expected to have better VF than smallers frames/sensor cameras for obvious reason. Waistlevel are even better. Dec 29 14 02:59 pm Link Marcio Faustino wrote: Yes. I would like a digital Rolleiflex. I'd need them to give it to me, though, because it would be likely to cost a small fortune. Dec 29 14 03:02 pm Link Marcio Faustino wrote: One of my coworkers is into pinhole something fierce. She did her doctoral thesis on it, back when you could still get a doctorate in general photography. Dec 29 14 03:14 pm Link If I ever buy another camera, it will have this: RAW video recording internally. 4K compressed video recording Highspeed FullHD recording 240FPS or better. usable ISO to about 102,400. An effective internal sensor cleaning solution. at least 36MP (not interested in going backward from a D810) at least 16 stops of Dynamic Range on board WiFi that transmits LiveView and preview photos to tablet/phone/computer. Still FPS doesn't much matter to me. Weather sealing isn't terribly important. Battery life is a push (more batteries is a solution). Size and weight doesn't much matter to me either. I'm also indifferent on whether it has a mirror or an EVF. They both work quite well in most conditions. I use my DSLR as a video camera about equally as I do a still camera, so video is important to me. Dec 29 14 03:50 pm Link Good Egg Productions wrote: You forgot the global shutter Dec 29 14 04:21 pm Link Zack Zoll wrote: Pinholes shots have a look and workflow on their own so it is not everybody taste. Dec 29 14 10:51 pm Link I've taken great photos with my cell phone from 3 generations ago. Practically speaking, Canon or nikon. I just assisted on a location job with the latest phase one back on a hasselblad and what a cumbersome bore that was. Strictly a studio camera. The delay is too great on the shutter click and the low iso range puts you in a corner. Dec 29 14 10:57 pm Link Jerry Nemeth wrote: I think so once the technology is ready and the package is made. Dec 30 14 01:03 am Link One thing I miss terribly that I'd like to see on any new camera is the eye control focusing of the EOS-3. If a camera has more than a handful of focus points it can be a slow, frustrating experience to pick the one you want on the fly. Dec 30 14 01:12 am Link - 8MP full frame CMOS - Dynamic range and high ISO performance similar to the 5D Mk3 or the 1Dx - AF and weather sealing of the 7D Mk2 - Dual CF slots - 400,000 shutter rating - No video - No contrast-detect AF - No GPS - No Wifi - No tilt swivel screen - No live view - $1,000 MSRP Is that too much to ask for? :-p Dec 30 14 09:31 am Link Xperience Media wrote: I want two cameras. Dec 30 14 10:27 am Link 
Photographer Posts: 4288 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica My ideal camera: > 6x7 medium format film body. > 90mm lens. > Ap-priority meter. > Autofocus. I suppose i you could cross a Mamiya 7 Rangefinder with a Pentax 67, and add autofocus (and halve the weight of the Pentax), that would be pretty close  Dec 30 14 10:31 am Link Carlo P Mk2 wrote: Sounds like a 1D Mark II with a few updates. Had dual slots, but only one is CF. Shutter was rated for rather less than 400k. Dynamic range / high ISO not so much Dec 30 14 02:51 pm Link Jason Hamper wrote: Yes! Dec 31 14 09:12 am Link Carlo P Mk2 wrote: Short of the dual CF slots and the price, that's pretty much the A7s. Dec 31 14 09:14 am Link My RZ67 is damned close for me. To be perfect my digital back would have a full 6x7 sensor. Dec 31 14 09:21 am Link There are a lot of features that don't exist that I'd like to have, but I'll give a short list of things that exist or can exist. Mainly one knob per function - aperture, shutter, ISO, EC and FEC Menu should have unlimited customizable shortcuts. EC and FEC should be linkable - ideally as a ratio Aperture range and shutter speed range should be limitable Full stop exposure increments Wifi with smart phone app If there are custom stored presets, you should have the option of storing every camera function or just certain ones and the rest stay however the camera is currently set. For instance, you recall a preset an all that changes is the metering mode and AF - ISO/Shutter/Aperture stay as they are. Custom presets should be namable - even if it's only in a menu somewhere. Dec 31 14 09:25 am Link My camera(s) should have a shutter speed knob, the lens should have an aperture ring on its barrel, and it should have a view finder. That's all I need, anything more is just fluff. Dec 31 14 07:27 pm Link My ideal camera would be a DSLR, preferably using Canon lenses (so I don't have to buy new ones) that would shoot 1080 or 4k video all day every day (just like a camcorder), have an auto focus system that actually worked in the video mode, and an adjustable aperture, adjustable shutter speed, be relatively light AND be available in the $5-700 range. It would be nice if it could capture to more than one SD card or to an SD card and another device (tablet, computer, etc) that is either wired or wireless (depending on current needs). Dec 31 14 07:50 pm Link |
