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>> So I fail to see how this camera what outperform a DSLR. It might be better to look at it with a less narrow perspective. If you're a hardcore photographer,
by slantyyz 10y ago
>> So I fail to see how this camera what outperform a DSLR.
It might be better to look at it with a less narrow perspective. If you're a hardcore photographer, what you are saying is absolutely true.
But a lot of "normals" want DSLR-like quality without bulk.
A lot of people buy DSLRs because they want better quality photos and more flexibility, but after the honeymoon period, they get tired of lugging a big camera with them.
This is probably why Sony's RX100 series has done so well.
"The best camera is the one you have with you" -- that's typically someone's smartphone. If you can give a consumer a camera that size that roughly performs like a DSLR, it will probably make a lot of people happy.
- ghaff 10y agoA lot of people will still default to their smartphone because that's good enough and they already have one. But I agree that there's definitely a potential market for a pocketable "computational photography" camera if its capabilities can't (yet) be folded into a smartphone. Personally, I don't carry my Canon S100 with me much any longer mostly because my iPhone is good enough for snapshots and, if I want to do "real" photography, I have a couple of interchangeable lens options. But I'd be in the market for something that was clearly better/more versatile than my phone that would fit in my pocket.