So Prosume Me

SLRs are too big, digicams pretty much stink. Wishlist per brainstorming with David and Red:

Roughly the size of this, but with a grip, maybe like this
SLR-style control dials, overall DSLR-level usability
Small, excellent, switchable lenses, along the lines of this
A built-in flash that can be rotated into bounce position, like this
The biggest, brightest viewfinder in the world
Wireless flash (a la Nikon CLS) built-in
10 MP+
ISO 100 - 1600
Writes (losslessly compressed) DNG
A file naming system with more than four counter digits
Built in Wi-Fi

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david 7.8.05 / 12pm

a switchable lens on a point-and-shoot number is the holy grail of snapshot shootery. most everything else on that list could fall into place if somebody (say, leica) jumped on that. i think i’m going to cry.
990000 7.8.05 / 10pm

I could use a fully manual Fuji F10, with a bigger sensor and interchangable lenses.
nick 7.9.05 / 9am

there’s the epson r-d1 (if you’ve got 3 grand to spare, not including the lens)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=355952&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
Eric 7.10.05 / 12am

I’ll take one. I’m hoping for a digital M.
Anonymous 7.11.05 / 12am

HAHAHAHAAahAHAsg?!

Love,
Nikon
mjulius 7.11.05 / 1pm

My only issue is the shutterlag. Everything else is negotiable. This weekend at my girlfriend’s family reunion I walked from the bar to the hotel to fetch my camera to take one picture, walked back to the hotel to put it away so that I could have a normal evening. I have been doing this kind of thing for 20 years now. I watch shutterlag stats like you watch box scores (well, probably not). But I’m waiting for that day when I can put my (usable) camera in my shirt pocket like a bic pen.
Chantale 7.13.05 / 9pm

I almost cried, that list was so wonderful.
Paul Russell 9.27.05 / 3pm

“SLRs are too big, digicams pretty much stink.”

Hmmm, I can sort of sympathise.

I’ve been alternating between using the Nikon D70, and being pleased with the quality but not taking many photos due to the tank-like size, and then using a little digicam but getting fed up with image quality.

I’ve been wondering if the Canon 350D SLR might be small enough to be unobtrusive…

Or even the Sony dsc-r1 if the fold-out LCD thing is usable…
Anonymous 1.3.06 / 5pm

i heart my geek
bee 1.31.06 / 11pm

i’d buy it
along 2.20.06 / 12am

wow, didn’t know about the RAW problem.
I presume you’d want a 35mm sensor too.
Thomas Locke Hobbs 3.7.06 / 9pm

I want a digital version of the Olympus XA, with a full frame sensor, of course.
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