apostasiometritis
Established
Oh God, tell me this is true.
http://leicarumors.com/2012/10/08/e...nformation-on-screenviewfinder.aspx/#comments
http://leicarumors.com/2012/10/08/e...nformation-on-screenviewfinder.aspx/#comments
Lss
Well-known
The application is quite recent and the drawing looks like R-D1, so Epson have at least one person thinking about a new (successor) camera at some level.
There are some interesting/funny things in the drawings, which may hint at something or be completely irrelevant. Such as a top speed of (at least) 1/4000 and the fact that the aperture values run in the wrong direction (vs. any modern M/LTM glass).
There are some interesting/funny things in the drawings, which may hint at something or be completely irrelevant. Such as a top speed of (at least) 1/4000 and the fact that the aperture values run in the wrong direction (vs. any modern M/LTM glass).
I think it's ridiculous.
An RD-2 is a nice idea, but imagine pulling out that lever so that another camera can come out to photograph your camera at the same time as you taking the photos?
An RD-2 is a nice idea, but imagine pulling out that lever so that another camera can come out to photograph your camera at the same time as you taking the photos?
Rogrund
Antti Sivén
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
ruby.monkey
Veteran
W. Heath Robinson would be proud.
Griffin
Grampa's cameras user
I just hope they call it R2-D2
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
lolz.
Not to be a luddite, but this was solved much more elegantly on some manual slr's e.g. minolta something, by placing a window and small mirror that looks onto the top of the lens aperture ring and reflects the set value into the viewfinder. So it's hardly a revolutionary invention.
Not to be a luddite, but this was solved much more elegantly on some manual slr's e.g. minolta something, by placing a window and small mirror that looks onto the top of the lens aperture ring and reflects the set value into the viewfinder. So it's hardly a revolutionary invention.
Ezzie
E. D. Russell Roberts
I can see how this may spark new hope for an R-D2. But the solution to the problem (if it is a problem) looks like something my 7 year old would have come up with. Not to mention ugly.
jarski
Veteran
pictured solution looks unpractical. maybe its exaggerated so it serves the patent purposes.
SLR's have the hump on top where the aperture reading mechanism was easier to include, in manual-only lens times.
SLR's have the hump on top where the aperture reading mechanism was easier to include, in manual-only lens times.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
I guess what they want to protect is the idea to OCR the lens barrel for lens profiling and inclusion in EXIF data. The rest won't hold up in the presence of that much prior art - peep windows are far from new (IIRC some Zeiss Ikon TLRs already pioneered something similar before WWII), and even solutions for video monitoring lens settings are readily available from motion picture dolly and crane rental places.
gilpen123
Gil
Can we gather 100,000 likes for an RD2 and send to Kobayashi San?
icebear
Veteran
How complicated and trouble prone can you make a construction? Put it in you bag with the lever extended and it will bend or break or get stuck.
This is combining old school mechanics (swing lever) and high tech. (mini camera) into a second grade solution that nobody (well almost) really needs. What's the purpose besides filing a patent?
This is combining old school mechanics (swing lever) and high tech. (mini camera) into a second grade solution that nobody (well almost) really needs. What's the purpose besides filing a patent?