Why have cameras and lenses become so expensive?

Re:Why have cameras and lenses become so expensive? by perardi on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:02PM (#27350338)

Preach it. Shooting on an interchangeable lens camera is still effectively like shooting a film camera.

They do have software to pair to your phone. I am most familiar with Fuji’s solution for that, which is, to put it charitably, execrable. It is painfully slow and glitchy. (I’ve heard better things about Nikon’s latest, but I haven’t used it.)

Thing is: I think that would require a partnership with Apple or Google, or perhaps Samsung. I think you’d need a lower-level API for very quick pairing and a smart handoff to a low-power mode that doesn’t suck your camera battery dry over the course of about 4 hours.

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Re:Why have cameras and lenses become so expensive? by etrautmann on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:00AM (#27350614)

I recently bought a sony a7r IV, expecting the phone integration to be much better than my 5 year old Fuji X-T2, and both are unbelievably slow and painful to connect and download photos. It's such an outdated and bad experience, and the apps are glitchy and connections fail the first 2-3 times.

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Re:Why have cameras and lenses become so expensive? by jacobjuul on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:33AM (#27352607)

what I do is have an SD card reader for my phone and ipad. It's miles better (of course) than all the different connectivity apps that the camera brands offer.

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