In my book, a big, juicy, clean file wants a big, clean/sharp viewfinder! Confirming critical focus/DOF is a "live or die" activity, and all the more so, the bigger the file. Can't tell you how much I miss my F5's DW-31 6X hi-mag finder. Turns a 35mm body into an entirely different beast -- and minimizes viewfinder flare at the same time.
Separate R, G, and B histograms are critical.
If you'd just mount it in an F5 body, I'd buy a Kodak sensor (even a 14n sensor) all over again. The quality of your sensors is hamstrung by mounting them in non-pro bodies. You know that, but if we don't tell you, corporate might think nobody cares. We care!
Dynamic range, dynamic range, dynamic range. It's what's for dinner!
The heft of the 14n/SLRn is fine, but a successor that can mount PC lenses sans Dremel is most welcome.
An external mirror lockup switch is one of the things that makes life sweet. My 14n shuts off with mirror pre-release configured to five seconds, and is rarely budged from that config. But shoot not from the hip if powering on with 5-sec prerel. An MLU switch isn't like that because a) the finder's dark if you left it up, and b) you just flip it down. No menus, no waiting.
I'd rather stitch than fight excessive retrofocus WA light bending, but like anyone else would like to never again set a lens optimization setting for lenses 60mm and up.
I have nothing against high-ISO performance and will gladly accept it; but if you want to know what I'm willing to trade real money for, it is ultimate low noise performance! Having to use an ISO speed lower than 6 to achieve that would be a non-starter, but you get the idea that it's not so much the speed, it's how low the noise can go.
Half-stop-only exposure adjustment was probably an artifact of the last Nikon body you used. +-5 stops exposure adjustment in 1/3 stop increments is a great way to go.
A near-instantaneous shutter release is very desireable.
You could take the auto-focus and auto-exposure modes and dump them in the lake and I'd never notice. Given the choice between a huge bright viewfinder I can focus perfectly and one with lights & readouts inside, I'll forgo the lights & readouts.
(Yes, I realize the above comments are a bit late for the current design cycle.)
I think it is wonderful that PD allows me to configure Beta RGB as my working space, which the lovely & talented ACR refuses to do.
The SLR/n was not pre-announced and so far as I know, you haven't pre-announced a successor.
Congratulations on both accounts.
My personal thanks to the individuals at Kodak who innovate.
Would love to see a professional full-frame DSLR designed with the gloves off.
Best regards,
Jim
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