New Features, What would you like Nikon to develop in future

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by chris-p

Point taken about the 14-24. You could always just buy a smaller lens...

Er NO!, this lens is the best I've ever had. Next you'l be offering to look after it for me next
I must say its strange that Nikon have done this, V.1 of my filter holder is under construction.

Bob

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by bsmith

Er NO!, this lens is the best I've ever had. Next you'l be offering to look after it for me next
I must say its strange that Nikon have done this, V.1 of my filter holder is under construction.

Bob

I don't think it's strange, as this lens has such a wide field of view anything attached to the front would be within the field of view. You could get a Nikon 12-24mm F4, as it's good upto 17mm on full frame and will take grads etcetc.

[msanders]

Things to develop.
1. Automatic HDR mode. Have a mode that takes 3 photos at once, instead of using bracketed photos. I guess this mode would raise the mirror once, then snap off 3 photos in a blink, so dont need a tripod or anything like that.
2. Some way to easily allow removal of the IR blocking filter in front of the CCD, without destroying the camera.
3. Higher and higher ISO CCD's.
4. VR that will actually work on a macro lens, when shooting at macro distances.

[chris-p]

Originally Posted by msanders

1. Automatic HDR mode. Have a mode that takes 3 photos at once, instead of using bracketed photos

Firstly - it wouldn't work. Where does everyone get the idea that 3 shots bracketed at -2 and +2 around the metered centre makes an HDR? IT DOESN'T! It's rarely, if ever enough. I shoot a lot of HDR and I have never seen an instance where +2, 0, -2 was under or over exposed enough. Coupled with the loss of tonal gradation from missing out +1 and -1 the end result of auto-bracketed exposures are usually grainy, with poor gradation and clipped highlights - completely defeating the point of HDR

A true HDR mode would have to snap off several (or more) exposures. This would take far too long to avoid camera movement between shots using the focal plane shutter and aperture blades so you'd have to do it digitally - effectively "post-capture ISO increase" and so would never give very good quality.

Originally Posted by msanders

Higher and higher ISO CCD's.

There is a limit to how much further we can go with sensitivity on CMOS sensors based on the current architecture - and we're reaching the upper limits in terms of absolute sensitivity. Better noise control would perhaps be an issue but most upper end SLRs are surprisingly clean at higher ISOs anyway now.

I'd like true lower ISOs like 100, 50, 25.

Also, square sensors. The imaging circle is still a circle so why not fill it completely with a square sensor rather than the rectangular ones we have now. You'd never have to choose portrait or landscape again - you'd crop to your choice.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by OldBoy

I don't think it's strange, as this lens has such a wide field of view anything attached to the front would be within the field of view. You could get a Nikon 12-24mm F4, as it's good upto 17mm on full frame and will take grads etcetc.

Hi Oldboy, I've just completed a filter holder for the lens and it works very well with none of it showing in the final shot, I know the D700 will not be the same field of view as the D300 so I will see if wattig and I can test it on his D700 but its great on mine.

Here is a link to a few pics of roughly how I made it, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkspics...7622180938369/

[chris-p]

Nice job Bob!

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by chris-p

Nice job Bob!

Thanks Chris

[msanders]

I thought the idea of this thread was to suggest things we'd lime to see. This means things that may not nessecarilly work with current technology, but things can be developed in the future.

For the HDR ... If you take three bracketed photos, say 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000 sec (ie, +2, 0 -2 ev), these could conceivably be acquired in a very short spacing of time, with future development. The goal is to reduce the intershot time to be very small. With mirror up and FP open, then why not ? If the intershot time is negligble then the most time consuming part of the operation is the +2ev shot. Granted, you still may have to resort to tripid in low light situations, but in bright light may be able to get away with hand held.

For high ISO CCD, they will come, even though chris-p says no. . I guess they may not be called CCD's anymore. Maybe called something else.

[milky]

I would love them to do a strap on the side like( dare i say it) Canon do and i would love them to do a 15-18mp camrea at 8fps that would be perfet for my line of work. that what i would love Nikon to do.

Milky

[chris-p]

Originally Posted by msanders

For the HDR ... If you take three bracketed photos, say 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000 sec (ie, +2, 0 -2 ev), these could conceivably be acquired in a very short spacing of time, with future development. The goal is to reduce the intershot time to be very small. With mirror up and FP open, then why not ? If the intershot time is negligble then the most time consuming part of the operation is the +2ev shot. Granted, you still may have to resort to tripid in low light situations, but in bright light may be able to get away with hand held.

If you're going to hold the FP shutter open and take shots quickly then why not take a whole range of exposures. The sensors are capable of continual recording which is used in video capture. Nikons current speed is 24 fps. You could take a -5 to +5 range of shots at 24 fps. Thats how to do it.

Originally Posted by msanders

For high ISO CCD, they will come, even though chris-p says no. . I guess they may not be called CCD's anymore. Maybe called something else.

Sorry, you misunderstood me. It's not that I don't think there will be higher ISO sensors, it's that they won't be CCD based but CMOS or LMOS or a new architecture.