Canon want's a new feature...you decide.

AF assist beam like the d700 !!!

ceriltheblade wrote in post #8694076
I know that this won't be very popular on the board, but I think that in regards to NEW ideas, the more toys the better (assuming that they work).

built in GPS (not a new idea) writing to the EXIF is a great idea (though ability to turn off or on). even software to map out the pics in addition. dynamic range and better AF functions have been mentioned here and I don't think anyone would complain, but again these (and many more suggestions) are modifications of existing systems.

Tetris on the other hand is definitely "new" for a DSLR!

I think quite a few people like we options in cameras. The few purists are more vocal about it, but resistance is futile with technology. Afterall, if they really wanted to be true purists, they wouldn't be shooting digital at all.

krb wrote in post #8690622
Mirror Lock Up. Available now through menu options but it would be nice to just have a button for it.

justaf IREMAN wrote in post #8690624
mirror lock up

aroundlsu wrote in post #8690625
MLU = Mirror Lock Up.

Ok Got it

GPS

Built-in GPS for geo-tagging would be nice. I'm up for a MLU button as well, although I don't really mind going through the Menus to set it at the moment.

-focus park, it's annoying when the 85L is sticking out and i want to turn off the camera
-grip with a sd slot
-grip with a AF knob
-tele compressor, so my ef lenses can work like it should on my ef-s body

Oteck wrote in post #8700253
-grip with a AF knob

What's an AF knob?

rooeey wrote in post #8691132
A real time histogram.........

+1

I would like to see bulb lock so you wouldn't have to have a cable release for greater than 30" or hold the shutter

Easy...

#1 An articulate LCD screen...That would be extremely useful with Live View, video, etc. It would be great if it folded face in against the camera body, too... so that it could be protected from bumps and nose prints. Assuming the 7D signals the directions Canon will be going... This is about the highest priority item now, IMO.


But wait, there's more...

I agree an MLU button would be nice... An easy way to handle it would be to have a couple extra buttons that users can assign functions to... So long as one of the functions was MLU and assigning it didn't exclude some other really nice function.

One EOS-3 (and 1-Series) feature I'd like to see trickle down is spot metering linked to the active focus point. On the original 45 point system, it could only be done with many of the AF points disabled... I think only 13 remain active if memory serves. But they are well-placed, so it's actually plenty of AF points for most purposes and linked spot metering was so useful it made the tradeoff worthwhile (and you can always turn it off and select more points, if necessary.)

A second memory slot would be good... Preferably not a different type of memory. Compact Flash is best IMO (it's a little harder to lose than those tiny, fingernail size cards.) This is more and more important, with video and 18 or 21MP stills filling up memory faster.

Radio-controlled flash.... Because IR is line-of-sight-only. This would be fine if it were a module, too. Unfortunately it means revamping the flash line-up too, I imagine.

WFT module that still allows two batteries to power the camera.

How about a histogram that actually reflects what's in the RAW file, rather than the "Picture Style" version of the JPEG being used for display on the LCD?

An incidence meter (but I'm happy to use a separate, handheld one).


NOT:

GPS... provide a separate, accessory module if people really think they have to have it. I think it's silly, personally.

Eye Control... after trying to get along with it on my EOS-3s and Elan 7 for about 6 months months I finally gave up, turned it off and never used it again. Still have both of the EOS-3s... and EC is still turned off.

Built-in flash... I'd rather see more 100% viewfinders and top notch weather sealing. I can count on one hand the number of times I've used built in flash (when given a choice) over the past 30 years.

Built-in flash control... I'd rather have it be a separate, accessory module. That way if it breaks, the rest of the camera doesn't need to go into the shop for repair.

Direct Print button.... at least they finally found some other things for it to do. I think I heard that one of the three people who ever actually used Direct Print passed away, so it would be okay to delete it now, Canon.

I'd like to have a better white balance solution. We have spot metering, I'd like to have spot white balanceing. So if you had a grey card you could spot balance on it without having to fill the sensor. Maybe that isn't how it should be implemented but in changing light situations it is a pain to constantly set custom WB.

I also think apersson850's idea of Auto AF is fantastic. I would buy that camera.

Shadowblade wrote in post #8692070
Low ISO support
ISO 0.2 is just as useful as ISO 6400. It's the equivalent of putting a 9-stop ND filter on a camera shooting at ISO 100. ND filters are one of the most useful filters out there, for flash photography and long-exposure shots, but their need could be entirely eliminated by having in-camera low ISOs.

You can't put on a filter that gives more light, so ultra-high ISOs will always be more useful than ultra-low ones. This would be towards the bottom of my list, both as a buyer or as a designer...

How is this different from taking one shot and fiddling with it in post? No data is gained just because the camera does it automatically.

It'd be useful for Jpeg shooter, but frankly there's been a bunch of these features that are useless for RAW shooters.

To answer the OP, my one "new feature" would be 15 stops of DR.

toxic wrote in post #8713328
You can't put on a filter that gives more light, so ultra-high ISOs will always be more useful than ultra-low ones. This would be towards the bottom of my list, both as a buyer or as a designer...

To make a sensor less sensitive is hardly a difficult thing to do...

Actually, data is gained - you're gathering 5 times as much data as you would with a single shot. You're capturing 5 RAW images, just as you would by shooting 5 consecutive frames normally - only that these are captured concurrently, or nearly so, eliminating movement artifacts. All the images would be captured during one exposure. Assuming the same 5-image capture I used as an example, you'd read one set of data off the sensor after 1/1000s (the -2 stops image), another at 1/500s (-1 stop), another at 1/250s (0 stop), another at 1/125s (+1 stop) and another at 1/60s (+2 stops). 5 RAW images, each with a full set of data at different exposure values, but taken at the same time.

Of course, if they could squeeze 15 stops of useable DR into the sensor (including good shadow detail and a sufficient number of levels in the darkest stop of DR - using a linear response curve, that would call for at least 22-bit RAW files, while a logarithmic curve could get away with far fewer), that would solve many problems and eliminate the need for HDR in most situations.

Shadowblade wrote in post #8692070
Concurrent exposure bracketing
Instead of taking shots one after the other (and giving subjects time to move between each shot), why not take them concurrently, taking measurements after each shutter time has elapsed?

If it were possible to simply start or stop collecting sensor data at a precise moment then we wouldn't need physical shutters in the first place.

krb wrote in post #8713656
If it were possible to simply start or stop collecting sensor data at a precise moment then we wouldn't need physical shutters in the first place.

Evidently it is.

Video cameras shoot anywhere from 24 to over 100 frames per second, times with an electronic shutter.

Point-and-shoot cameras do not have a physical shutter.

A DSLR shooting in Live View does not use its physical shutter.

J_TULLAR wrote in post #8694722
AF assist beam like the d700 !!!

It was on the early Canon D30 and D60

Highly distracting. Only needed by AF modules that cannot AF under low light without it (such as those on D90 etc).