DSLR Cameras are NOW DEAD --- PERIOD !!!!!!!
As per other users who have espoused that DSLR will bounce back (i.e. see Ricoh's suggestion that Mirrorless will bounce back!),I say they TRULY are a dying breed.
Article Link:
https://petapixel.com/2019/05/20/ri...oters-will-switch-back-to-dslrs-in-1-2-years/
I think Ricoh and others have forgotten about OLD TECHNOLOGIES being used in NEW WAYS to completely and utterly eliminate mirrors in DSLR systems! For this new(ish) and COMPLETE REPLACEMENT of mirrors in digital cameras, what needs to be done is the use of CHROMOGENIC MATERIALS coated onto the micro-lenses which are placed over each photosite in all modern CMOS image sensors. It's called Smart-Glass!
A Smart-Glass coating that can switch from FULLY OPAQUE to fully transparent within two milliseconds to mere microseconds is the ULTIMATE in electronic shutter technology! Titanium Trioxide and Zirconium Dioxide coatings a good starting point and even Pyrenes with Organic Sulphur compounds poly(2-acylamido 2-methyl propane sulfonic acid) (PAMPS) will work for this:
See these links for more information:
Photochromism:
Electrochromism:
Chromogenic Polymers:
Smart Glass:
The FASTEST CHEAP-TO-MANUFACTURE smartglass i've heard of so far, is less than one-half-millisecond in change-over time from clear to opaque which is about 1/2000th of a second shutter speed which will be PERFECT for most MILC and Smartphone cameras!
AND if you're REALLY into super-speed shutters, then I suggest Polarized Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) which is currently used on the U.S.'s B2 Bomber fleet's windows which can turn FULLY OPAQUE in mere MICROSECONDS after a "Nuclear Flash" to protect the eyes of its pilots from blinding light. This gives us about 1/100,000th of a second shutter speeds which SHOULD BE more than enough for sports/action/wildlife photographers!
DSLRs like the Canon 1DxMk2 or Nikon D5 are DEAD DEAD DEAD !!!
We can now make a FULLY GLOBAL SHUTTER CAMERA using Electrochromic Smart Glass which switches to BRIGHT WHITE or DARK BLACK in microseconds. This means the CURRENT line-by-line CMOS scanning techniques can be used but with a GLOBALLY ACTIVATED electrochromic shutter that will reduce and even fully ELIMINATE the temporal artifacts (rolling shutter) of modern mirrorless cameras!
By coating the above surface or underneath of the microlenses usually put on top of each image sensor's photosites, and sending an electric charge of a specific polarity and/or voltage level, the colour change effect can be controlled easily enough that such a system is now PRACTICAL for widespread adoption. In fact, we can put this on the LENSES themselves instead of onto the sensor so we can create fancy neutral density filters, colour filters, cookie cutouts, etc. without limitations of ANY camera body. This means the LENSES themselves can have electronic shutters and built-in neutral density filters of ANY number of desired stops!
Since photo-site-based electrohromic coatings can get electrically charged from each photosite individually, you can address each pixel individually to allow for CUSTOM shutter speeds and shutter transparency levels on ANY separate area of an image sensor which means you can make neutral density filters of ANY desired grade or transparency level, make cookie cutouts (for cinema use!), variable colour graduated filters, and even user-defineable REAL WORLD star and lens flare filters embedded onto a sensor OR into the lens body itself!
And cost-wise, it could be NOW DONE for between $25 to $100 dollars U.S. PER LENS or PER CAMERA SENSOR!
Long live ELECTROCHROMIC SHUTTERS !!!
DSLR IS NOW DEAD !!! Mirrorless Forever !!!!!
P.S. The ideas and products described above are NOW fully and freely open source to distribute and manufacture under the licence terms of the GNU GPL-3 2019 terms for hardware and software systems and all their designs and source code!
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As per other users who have espoused that DSLR will bounce back (i.e. see Ricoh's suggestion that Mirrorless will bounce back!),I say they TRULY are a dying breed.
Article Link:
https://petapixel.com/2019/05/20/ri...oters-will-switch-back-to-dslrs-in-1-2-years/
I think Ricoh and others have forgotten about OLD TECHNOLOGIES being used in NEW WAYS to completely and utterly eliminate mirrors in DSLR systems! For this new(ish) and COMPLETE REPLACEMENT of mirrors in digital cameras, what needs to be done is the use of CHROMOGENIC MATERIALS coated onto the micro-lenses which are placed over each photosite in all modern CMOS image sensors. It's called Smart-Glass!
A Smart-Glass coating that can switch from FULLY OPAQUE to fully transparent within two milliseconds to mere microseconds is the ULTIMATE in electronic shutter technology! Titanium Trioxide and Zirconium Dioxide coatings a good starting point and even Pyrenes with Organic Sulphur compounds poly(2-acylamido 2-methyl propane sulfonic acid) (PAMPS) will work for this:
See these links for more information:
Photochromism:
Photochromism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Electrochromism:
Electrochromism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Chromogenic Polymers:
Smart Glass:
Smart glass - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
The FASTEST CHEAP-TO-MANUFACTURE smartglass i've heard of so far, is less than one-half-millisecond in change-over time from clear to opaque which is about 1/2000th of a second shutter speed which will be PERFECT for most MILC and Smartphone cameras!
AND if you're REALLY into super-speed shutters, then I suggest Polarized Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) which is currently used on the U.S.'s B2 Bomber fleet's windows which can turn FULLY OPAQUE in mere MICROSECONDS after a "Nuclear Flash" to protect the eyes of its pilots from blinding light. This gives us about 1/100,000th of a second shutter speeds which SHOULD BE more than enough for sports/action/wildlife photographers!
DSLRs like the Canon 1DxMk2 or Nikon D5 are DEAD DEAD DEAD !!!
We can now make a FULLY GLOBAL SHUTTER CAMERA using Electrochromic Smart Glass which switches to BRIGHT WHITE or DARK BLACK in microseconds. This means the CURRENT line-by-line CMOS scanning techniques can be used but with a GLOBALLY ACTIVATED electrochromic shutter that will reduce and even fully ELIMINATE the temporal artifacts (rolling shutter) of modern mirrorless cameras!
By coating the above surface or underneath of the microlenses usually put on top of each image sensor's photosites, and sending an electric charge of a specific polarity and/or voltage level, the colour change effect can be controlled easily enough that such a system is now PRACTICAL for widespread adoption. In fact, we can put this on the LENSES themselves instead of onto the sensor so we can create fancy neutral density filters, colour filters, cookie cutouts, etc. without limitations of ANY camera body. This means the LENSES themselves can have electronic shutters and built-in neutral density filters of ANY number of desired stops!
Since photo-site-based electrohromic coatings can get electrically charged from each photosite individually, you can address each pixel individually to allow for CUSTOM shutter speeds and shutter transparency levels on ANY separate area of an image sensor which means you can make neutral density filters of ANY desired grade or transparency level, make cookie cutouts (for cinema use!), variable colour graduated filters, and even user-defineable REAL WORLD star and lens flare filters embedded onto a sensor OR into the lens body itself!
And cost-wise, it could be NOW DONE for between $25 to $100 dollars U.S. PER LENS or PER CAMERA SENSOR!
Long live ELECTROCHROMIC SHUTTERS !!!
DSLR IS NOW DEAD !!! Mirrorless Forever !!!!!
P.S. The ideas and products described above are NOW fully and freely open source to distribute and manufacture under the licence terms of the GNU GPL-3 2019 terms for hardware and software systems and all their designs and source code!
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