What should have baffled you as well is how to connect all contacts between the body and the back.
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The main point is the system currently has no USP (unique selling point) to justify a cost of change IMO
With a USP the system could be a sucess - without one - I am not so sure
It is that lack of USP at the design stage (product managers job??) that confuses me
I just cant see how a salesman would try and sell me this system
"Hi - spend $20000 dollars with us on changing system"
me - do I get faster lenses ?
salesman - no
me do I get wider lenses ??
salesman - no
me - do I get multipoint AF
salesman - no
me - rise fall
??
salesman - no
me tilt shift
salesman - no
me stitching
??
me - compact camera standard live view
?
salesman - no
me - can I program my own exposure modes and integrate auto ISO
?
salesman - no
me - can I set my own AF ranges to stop focus hunt?
salesman - no
me - VR maybe?
salesman - no
me - leaves shop confused
Its not a great pitch is it ?Maybe its all about a future chip
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In terms of the cabling of course it is a challenge - but that will be made harder by too much unnessesary comunitcation
I cant really see, apart from the firing what needs to be comunicated
A camera is just a AF mirror box after all
SO maybe Exif data would be lost - but who cares - I dont really care to know my settings
decent exif data only has relevance for lens correction software or proper live view or chip based AF all features which are currently absent from this system anyway
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ps. Here is a cabling solution ...
Spend about $5 at radio shack on an peanut sized IR transmitter/reciver set
plug them into the PC sockets of body and back
oversimplified but you get the idea.
S