Features that more cameras should have

Re:Features that more cameras should have by novok on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:27PM (#29259045)

I want cameras that have apple airdrop, messaging apps, popular social media apps and file sync apps along with a full cellphone , wifi , bt, gps chip using android. It would be a dream to have my camera actually start syncing my photo shoot automatically when I plug it in the charger at home and have it not be a shit experience.

OR wifi sync and phone sharing that doesn't suck. But no camera manufacturer has shown the ability to do that, so an android app mode is the next best thing so they can offload the software writing to much bigger tech companies instead.

Top 1 annoyance with non smartphone cameras is sharing the photos I just took with other people at the event. I'm not fucking around with the frankly awful wifi experience on most cameras and I'm not going to bring a cable or sd card dongle to do so either.

# 2 is the lack of built in GPS. It's 2021, adding GPS is extremely cheap, especially if you've already done wifi anyway.

#3 is qi charging. After a shoot put the camera on the wireless dock and everything is syncing well with the local desktop computer.

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Re:Features that more cameras should have by twic on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:52AM (#29266053)

> I want cameras that have apple airdrop, messaging apps, popular social media apps and file sync apps

No, i just want org-mode.

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Re:Features that more cameras should have by matonias on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:34PM (#29259114)

Its either camera-brands making apps or Apple that start making high-end camera's... which one will come first.

My bet is Apple

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Re:Features that more cameras should have by threeseed on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:49PM (#29259292)

Neither is going to happen. The photography market has split into three camps.

Casual users who care about apps will just use their phones and the quality will be on par with Micro-4/3 and likely APS-C with computational photography advances.

Prosumers will stick with smaller full frame optimised for style and old school usability e.g. Leica. Professionals will either use full frame for speed or move towards medium format which Fuji is leading the charge towards.

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Re:Features that more cameras should have by novok on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @11:04PM (#29261854)

I've noticed that a bunch of camera brands have started making 'vlogger' cameras targeted towards youtubers and others. The camera I'm describing is pretty much what an 'influence' camera would look like or the next stage of these vlogger cameras. Someone who would benefit from their photos being higher quality and also wants a way to frictionlessly publish them quickly. A Ricoh GR with the features I describe would be the ideal version of this.

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Re:Features that more cameras should have by robohoe on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:37PM (#29259158)

I bet we'll see even better cameras in mobile phone sooner or later. iPhone 13 max pro already has a fantastic camera.

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