Things I wish Panasonic would add for stills shooters

[RichardC]

Flash with electronic shutter enabling high resolution composites with dedicated flash. The Olympus EM1 Mk2 does this.

Auto ISO with fill flash. I imagine this would require some sort of pre-flash to accurately gauge exposure.

 

[pdk42]

Flash with electronic shutter enabling high resolution composites with dedicated flash. The Olympus EM1 Mk2 does this.

Auto ISO with fill flash. I imagine this would require some sort of pre-flash to accurately gauge exposure.

Great suggestions Richard. I’m not very experienced with flash photography, but I can see the sense in these capabilities.

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

- Adding a "LiveTime" feature. This is Bulb mode where the display gives regular peeks of the building image (incl histogram and zebras). It's great not only for knowing that a shot is properly exposed, but also for allowing in-camera dodging & burning (e.g. holding back exposure of the sky).

- Simple sky tracker using IBIS - as featured on Pentax cameras. It would definitely be useful for astro shooters.

Maybe you can think of more. I somehow doubt we'll ever see any of this though - Panasonic (like everyone else) seems fixated on video and hybrid now.

The first of the above, I'm pretty sure my S5 can do that. I've used it for the few astrophotography photos I've done.

As for the second, i think it's likely that Pentax have patented it. Maybe if Ricoh finally knock Pentax on the head they'll sell the patent rights to someone.

The biggest thing I'm missing is focal length in the EXIF, but that's already fixed with newer cameras I understand.

 

[pdk42]

The first of the above, I'm pretty sure my S5 can do that. I've used it for the few astrophotography photos I've done.

No, that's Live Comp. The difference is that Live Comp does a continual stacking of images with an "additive" algorithm (new bright areas get added to the image). Live Time is basically a normal long exposure but where you can peek at the exposure at regular intervals to see how it's going. Live Comp is great for things like star trails, car lights on roads, blurring running water, perhaps even removing people moving about. But Live Comp is useful for in-camera burning and dodging and for determining the ideal time on a long exposure.

As for the second, i think it's likely that Pentax have patented it. Maybe if Ricoh finally knock Pentax on the head they'll sell the patent rights to someone.

Yes, I suspect that's the case.

The biggest thing I'm missing is focal length in the EXIF, but that's already fixed with newer cameras I understand.

Yes, focal length, but not a way to record the f-stop used.