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which would void every warranty on your camera body. But would it be worth it?
Here's my idea. Get a cheap body. Say, a d70 (or a d200 if you want all the controls to be on the body). Dismantle it--warranty's gone--but then start analyzing. And this would take a serious electrical engineer.
Theoretically it would be possible to upgrade the buffer to a higher capacity. That finished, you could go into the firmware and change the fps to a higher speed (unless the communication from sensor to buffer is the slowest, in which case you could upgrade that if you really want) because now you have a larger buffer.
As much fun as it would be to route around inside a camera, i think i'll pass on that one. Just throwing an idea around. I mean, you see computer mods and all sorts of other stuff... why not cameras?
*Here's my theory: somebody will make a modular camera one day. You can buy the basic body with totally basic external controls; something like the d50. Everything would be modular though. You could pop the sensor out and pop in a higher resolution one, update the firmware and you'd be good to go. Same with the buffer, extra external controls (metering, wb, iso, etc), add another control wheel. I really do think it'll happen sometime soon. (Cause if somebody else doesn't do it, I will)
Here's my idea. Get a cheap body. Say, a d70 (or a d200 if you want all the controls to be on the body). Dismantle it--warranty's gone--but then start analyzing. And this would take a serious electrical engineer.
Theoretically it would be possible to upgrade the buffer to a higher capacity. That finished, you could go into the firmware and change the fps to a higher speed (unless the communication from sensor to buffer is the slowest, in which case you could upgrade that if you really want) because now you have a larger buffer.
As much fun as it would be to route around inside a camera, i think i'll pass on that one. Just throwing an idea around. I mean, you see computer mods and all sorts of other stuff... why not cameras?
*Here's my theory: somebody will make a modular camera one day. You can buy the basic body with totally basic external controls; something like the d50. Everything would be modular though. You could pop the sensor out and pop in a higher resolution one, update the firmware and you'd be good to go. Same with the buffer, extra external controls (metering, wb, iso, etc), add another control wheel. I really do think it'll happen sometime soon. (Cause if somebody else doesn't do it, I will)