Erik Magnuson

Because no other chips are round and so there is no common infrastructure to make such chips. You'd also need more complex row/column readout control.  Just no demand relative to the costs. That...

Yes, last time was this morning when I went to take it off the charger.  It happened a couple of other times as well.

It only advises them to outsource that responsibility to a 3rd party processor.  If you are a small merchant, the higher fees you will pay for this type of service will be much less than the cost...

DPR: "In a way, this isn't entirely the camera's fault ..."

What an odd statement. Does this mean it's the user's fault? Or that perhaps it's an "act of God"?

DPR: "... it's not some kind of...

When Woland65 says "as long as the image circle of a lens is manufactured to fit the sensor" he means a using a different lens that gives the same FOV as the one on the larger sensor.  In the...

You can do it only if you mimic the naming scheme used by cameras, e.g. /DCIM/100MSC/IMG_0001.JPG They won't go into the camera roll, but into "Latest Import" and "All Imported".  If you want to...

And then goes on to say "Part two of the series showed that a few newer lenses did focus as accurately as contrast detection on 5D Mark III cameras" Just like fast CDAF required lenses designed for...

It depends on what you use as the "film counter part" but one factor is autofocus points. Once you add AF points with more vertical spacing, then you increase the space needed under the mirror box...

And which company first pioneered the electronic first curtain shutter?  I've had my hands on a camera capable of that (no vibration shutter release) for 5 years.

It's interesting that in live view mode, the better Canon DSLRs are actually quieter and have less vibration than most mirrorless.   Canon had electronic first curtain shutter and a "quiet mode"...

Other than some defective hinge pins in early Canon 300D's and some bad glue on some 5D's, I've not heard of many problems -- even among heavy users with 10's of thousands of cycles. Shutter...

Only real difference is instead of automatically popping up the import window, attaching the connector adds an "Import" button to the options at the bottom of the photo viewer.  Press that button...

Mirror mechanism failures in DSLRs are quite rare. It's not like they've been making them for 50 years or so.  I'd suspect EVF failures are more common at this state of maturity. This is the...

In terms of profit yes.  In terms of market share (particularly in computers), not. And what turned Apple around?  A dramatic change in leadership.  That's what it takes: a big change in direction...

They don't have to make a big difference - they just have to get "good enough." The amount of sharpness needed depends on the end use.  Note how few filters there are for phone cameras that claim...

55-250mm or 70-300mm are not giant lenses.  A telezoom is by far and away the most common "second lens" for any ILC owner - unless they buy superzoom instead.  (Hint: what were the first lenses...

This depends on what features you need to support with a mirror, e.g. 10FPS is expensive for a mirror.  So, it's possible that the first EVF  EF-S or DX camera would be in the middle of the line...

I don't. Why? Most of the photographers I know also have a xx-250 or xx-300mm lens.  Once you add such a lens, you are no longer thin and/or are carrying a bag (so weight matters more than a few...

That depends on your definition of "significant". http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/24/samsungs_new_image_sensor_promises_better_snaps_in_smaller_devices/

Changing the mount only helps with making cameras thinner. Either you think there are functional advantages to an EVF or your don't.  Most of the people in this thread are arguing about more...