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bmxdad

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Here my list of features that I want to see in future DSLR's

Wifi connection, that will connect to computers, flashes, remotes, wifi router, directly to you Iphone etc

Vari-angle LCD monitor on more models, special higher end models, I would rather have a Vari-angle LCD monitor 2.5 inch 900,000 pixel screen than a none moving 3.0 inch screen
Note: the D5000 is not a high resolution Vari-angle LCD monitor

Have a Micro SD slot on all cameras, to be used for a rolling back-up, if lets say you have a 16GB or larger card installed your last 16GB are backed up if you should have a card failure, shooting a wedding really hurts if suddenly your camera informs you of a card failure, very cheap to add to a camera, even $50 mp3 players have them

A shutter door on the viewfinder, why does only FX cameras at this moment have them, it does fit in a smaller camera, Sony's A320 have it

Face tracking in live view and in normal view if possible, with metering and focusing options for it

Ability to take pictures with an electronic shutter, the mechanical shutter it left open(like the mirror up feature), great for high speed flash pictures, The mirror could be down or up depending on how you are shooting. This could also be used to take 3 pictures with only one movement of mirror and mechanical shutter for HDR exposure

What do you think, any other features that should be added, yah of course we don't need GPS, phone etc

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What, no phone? (Just kidding.)
Of the ones you listed, I would use the Wifi and the backup microSD slot most. Those would be great features and microSD is so cheap these days.
The D90 and D300s have face tracking in liveview (it's the same system that lets you scan through just the faces in playback). The D300 has face priority in one of its focus modes. I'm not really impressed with either of them, though. It would be nice if they could improve on that.
The electronic shutter for HDR would be nice, too. Something related that I would like to see is something like the Casio Exilim EX-F1's high speed burst mode, which does 6 MP at 60 fps. I could have a lot of fun with that.
edit: the live view face tracking is not focus tracking of the face, though. It tracks the face and then when you focus the box around the face freezes while it tries to focus on that region, so it doesn't work for moving faces. This is why I'm not impressed.

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Yes Jon, I did not know that D90 had face tracking, don't tell that to all my D90 customers, I still think that feature could be improved a lot.
Micro SD slot would be so easy to add to a camera, could be placed in many locations
The D70 could kind of shoot with an electronic shutter with high speed flash and yes the Casio 60fps mode would be fun, this would fit in with having 60fps option in video recording

Overall I features like above so slow at being implemented

Pete

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My choice in features is limited to the old boring stuff like: large, 100% accurate viewfinder, ability to use all Nikon lenses with at least "A" automation, better water and dust sealing, smaller and lighter while maintaining durability and dual card slots (the D300s is alright!). I don't like the variable LCD screens since they seem more fragile, but I don't chimp and leave my LCD review off. I could also live without video. Any other improvements are things like image quality - ISO, noise, MPs.

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ted2001 said:
My choice in features is limited to the old boring stuff like: large, 100% accurate viewfinder, ability to use all Nikon lenses with at least "A" automation, better water and dust sealing, smaller and lighter while maintaining durability and dual card slots (the D300s is alright!). I don't like the variable LCD screens since they seem more fragile, but I don't chimp and leave my LCD review off. I could also live without video. Any other improvements are things like image quality - ISO, noise, MPs.

Yes but we are moving on, and our camera is tool for lots of different shooting styles right, I do think anybody would want a micro sd backup memory, my next DSLR will most likely have video, so why not make it better. I shoot sports with flash and the present high speed mode is a pain to use and kills the power output of my flash. Actual a electronic shutter would allow a few high Fps shots at lower power with my SB 900

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With the 12MP DX sensors and the 24MP FX sensor, I'll bet we're getting close to the resolving power of a lot of the lenses that are available. Kit lenses keep getting sharper--maybe to keep up with the higher resolution of the intro cameras, and that's a good trend. Anything to keep Nikon working on new and better lenses...
edit: I forgot to mention why I said this. I'd rather have nikon improve high ISO performance than make more MPs, but I know some people want more resolution.

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Modular DSLRs!

It'd be really cool if they made a new digital F.

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The things i'd like to see on future Nikon DSLR, are the following.

True RAW Files. (completely unprocessed)
Pprogrammable exposures for the Bulb option or even a custom long shutter function.
So that you can program the camera for longer then 30s up to say 600 seconds per shot. (For astronomical purposes)
Programmable number of shots, again for astronomy, (I know i can do this on the D3, but i'd like this on every camera)

Mac.

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Looks like we have an astronomer here :^)

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The Ridgeback

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Yup, I've been an astronomer for over 20 years.

My old D100 on a nice F10 2500mm yup two thousand five hundred mm

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Holy Crap! That's awesome!

Post some pictures on the photo-a-day—I'd love to see your astronomical work :^)

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The Ridgeback said:
The things i'd like to see on future Nikon DSLR, are the following.

True RAW Files. (completely unprocessed)
Pprogrammable exposures for the Bulb option or even a custom long shutter function.
So that you can program the camera for longer then 30s up to say 600 seconds per shot. (For astronomical purposes)
Programmable number of shots, again for astronomy, (I know i can do this on the D3, but i'd like this on every camera)

Mac.

Wow great setup, and I agree RAW shooting should have more forms of adjustments incl DNG option but is there something lost in the current lossless raw setting

Pete

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How about a heart monitor built into the grip? You know for when your taking photos of a hot girl and or guy :^)

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NikoDoby said:
How about a heart monitor built into the grip? You know for when your taking photos of a hot girl and or guy :^)

Probably should put it in the viewfinder—you wouldn't want your wife to see it! That would get you a few good tripod-hits! ;^)

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bmxdad said:
Wow great setup, and I agree RAW shooting should have more forms of adjustments incl DNG option but is there something lost in the current lossless raw setting

Pete

Allegedly.

There is a report here http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/nikon_test/test.htm
Which goes into detail of camera Raw Files and how the Nikon Raw is processed and not a true raw.
Although since these tests were done i'm not sure if Nikon has updated there Raw files.
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NikoDoby said:
How about a heart monitor built into the grip? You know for when your taking photos of a hot girl and or guy :^)

So what is the purpose of this feature, does it warn you of an imminent heart attack

Pete

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I would like a vertical release on the D300 and D700 style cameras. It would be nice not to have to use the bat pack to get this feature.

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NikoDoby

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Built-in vertical shutters make the cameras large and heavy. That's why people prefer having a D700 as backup to a D3. With an optional pack you at least get a choice.

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NikoDoby said:
Built-in vertical shutters make the cameras large and heavy. That's why people prefer having a D700 as backup to a D3. With an optional pack you at least get a choice.

Agree on this on, the only way the build in would work if you have the same size as the D3, otherwise you are holding onto the LCD area

Pete

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Johndbr

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You guys are right. Dumb idea.

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NikoDoby

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Actually it's not dumb John. Kodak has a vertical shutter button and grip on one of it's point & shoots. I forgot the model number but it was very interesting to hold and use.

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NikoDoby

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Or how about 600fps so you can do something like this with a D800:

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- Mirror down electronic shutter for EV/WB Bracketing shots (as mentioned in OP)
- Programmable automated in camera "Focus bracketing" for focus stacking purposes. Currently automated focus bracketing can be done via remote control software but is very slow between frames since it is only possible in LiveView mode and each exposure has to download before the next can be taken.
- Option to have pictures saved in camera when remote control software is used.
- In Camera GPS receiver

NikoDoby said:
How about a heart monitor built into the grip? You know for when your taking photos of a hot girl and or guy :^)

I think a "wife/girlfriend close by" warning system would be of more value for such shots :)

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PBrigido

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I would love to see Nikon's VR technology built into the camera instead of the lenses. I know they will probably never do that just because they would lose tons of money from the lens aspect...but I can still dream!

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I want (in this order):

Higher magnification viewfinders. Specifically 100% coverage, >.9x magnification on full frame. DX crops should have 1x magnification.

Control scheme with 3 dials: one for ISO, one for shutter speed, one for aperture. Any of combination of which can be set to auto. I've said it before: this control scheme is fast, easy, and makes more sense than PSAM. I'd love to see aperture control return to lenses, too.

GPS if battery life can support it. I love having photos geotagged.

I think this is the same exact list I have 5 months ago when this question was asked. I still want it, but only number 3 (and maybe number 1) will happen.

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