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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by StavrosK on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:44AM (#23401973)
I agree with the GP but for a different reason. It's unacceptable to me that I have to buy a separate trigger so I can take exposures 31 seconds long. There's no reason why the timer should only go up to 30, or that I shouldn't have better bracketing, or a timelapse mode, etc etc.

Basically, all of Magic Lantern (a considerable feature set) should have been standard.

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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by sukilot on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:17AM (#23403557)
That's a weird nitpick. My phone doesn't even have a headphone jack or an SD card tray. A free aftermarket add-on isn't a blocker.
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by StavrosK on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:20AM (#23403583)
It's a blocker for me because I don't want to pay Canon $160 for something that was deliberately left off the software so I'd have to pay Canon $160.

Also, it's a literal button. I'm paying $160 for a button with a timer on it.

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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by c9fc42ad on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:24AM (#23404377)
I agree that the camera software should just let you pick any shutter speed, but you can get a pretty cheap remote button or intervalometer for <$30, or even DIY one for cheaper. What does the $160 canon button give you that a cheaper version doesn't?
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Re:Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone ph... by StavrosK on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:28AM (#23404436)
The cheaper ones don't come with a timer, do they? Besides, it's not that I haven't found a solution (Magic Lantern lets me set the speed to however long I want), but I dislike the gesture. It's obvious that they're gating features so they can release them in the next model.
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