Re:The Changing Fortunes of Japanese Camera Manufacturers
by sudosysgen on Thursday October 27, 2022 @08:35PM
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Sony cameras actually used to run Android. You could even sideload apks.
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Re:The Changing Fortunes of Japanese Camera Manufacturers
by freetime2 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:37PM
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Can you provide more details/source for this? I didn't see any evidence for this in a quick Google search.
Re:The Changing Fortunes of Japanese Camera Manufacturers
by alistairSH on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:45PM
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I don’t recall a Sony, but Samsung def had one at one point. And today there’s a Chinese company named Yongnuo that produces them.
Re:The Changing Fortunes of Japanese Camera Manufacturers
by shawn-butler on Thursday October 27, 2022 @10:39PM
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Recent Sony cameras[0] include an Android subsystem used to run apps from the proprietary Sony PlayMemories Camera App Store (PMCA).
Sony utilizes both Linux and the AV real time operating system (µITRON RTOS) on its arm cores.
Some of the nikon coolpix I believe were full android devices but are just a glorified phone / p&s not a dslr.
Nikon also uses µITRON RTOS on its proprietary expeed ASIC cores.
Canon has a proprietary inhouse OS named DRYOS for its DIGIC ASICs.