You don't need to have inside information to know that Phase must be working on a successor to the DF. They have the best backs in the world, but badly need a better camera body. The DF is based on an ancient 1980's model, and Phase badly need one designed this century, not 35 years ago.
In the assumption that this is happening, perhaps people we can begin a wish list here. But let's keep it realistic please, not 6x9 sensors, or whatever.
The biggest question is clean slate or legacy compatibility. Keeping lens lenses compatible = similar body AF mechanism (not so good) AF motors in lens = finer focus points, good.
Single Power source or dual?
multi point AF? or at least amazingly good state of the art AF, from what is there.
Weatherproof a la S2?
removable finder?
vertical grip+shutter release integrated 1Ds style?
build quality level on a par with the 1D or S2
Personally my one big wish would be to have it quieter. S2 levels should be the maximum noise acceptable. In my dreams an option to use it with just the leaf shutter - the mirror/FP shutter locked open. This would involve an external viewfinder and MF, but advantage of using only the very quiet, almost vibration free leaf mechanism of the LS lenses.
I'd also like to see some new top drawer FAST glass, but that's probably a fantasy too. Why not an f2.0 standard, damn the price? (at least give both options f2.0 and f2.8) Now we have sub 6 micron pixels, we need truly top flight lenses (maybe buy rights to the Zeiss design for Sinar M series)
In the assumption that this is happening, perhaps people we can begin a wish list here. But let's keep it realistic please, not 6x9 sensors, or whatever.
The biggest question is clean slate or legacy compatibility. Keeping lens lenses compatible = similar body AF mechanism (not so good) AF motors in lens = finer focus points, good.
Single Power source or dual?
multi point AF? or at least amazingly good state of the art AF, from what is there.
Weatherproof a la S2?
removable finder?
vertical grip+shutter release integrated 1Ds style?
build quality level on a par with the 1D or S2
Personally my one big wish would be to have it quieter. S2 levels should be the maximum noise acceptable. In my dreams an option to use it with just the leaf shutter - the mirror/FP shutter locked open. This would involve an external viewfinder and MF, but advantage of using only the very quiet, almost vibration free leaf mechanism of the LS lenses.
I'd also like to see some new top drawer FAST glass, but that's probably a fantasy too. Why not an f2.0 standard, damn the price? (at least give both options f2.0 and f2.8) Now we have sub 6 micron pixels, we need truly top flight lenses (maybe buy rights to the Zeiss design for Sinar M series)