SSLR - The idea (part 1)

Most of the problems outlined above can be solved with technology. I’ll take them on one at a time. One thing that is important for most of these solutions is the mechanics of the digital SLR camera. Normal SLRs have a mirror that moves up and down to change where the light from the scene is going (either up to the viewfinder or down to the image sensor). This means that you can’t be looking at the scene and taking a picture at the same time. Also, it limits the rate at which you can do continuous shooting (if you still get to look at the viewfinder between shots). An example of SLR-like cameras that don’t have this problem are the new Sony cameras. The only moving part in these cameras is the shutter. Also any MILC camera could also work. That’ll be important very soon.

Tripods and shutter release
Tripods are considered critical for getting ‘tack sharp’ photographs. Every small movement can cause blurring, especially when using a zoom lense. If you are really serious, you use a shutter release to take the picture, even the act of gently pressing the button can cause blurring.

To take really sharp shots, you don’t need all that stuff. What you need is for the camera to take dozens of shots with a short exposure time, say 1/50 or 1/100 seconds, and then use super resolution techniques to align the images and produce a single ‘tack sharp image.’ Also, to improve the sharpness of individual image, one could put accelerometers on it and do de-convolution using the accelerometer data.