9 ms·

The issue is startup time. Do you want to wait 30 seconds after you turn on your camera?

• nakedrobot2 9y ago
  By the way, some cameras do run linux, and they take 5-15 seconds to start up. If a camera does take long to startup, it is because it's running linux. These are typically security cameras, which are switched on basically only once, or as a periodic power cycle. Consumer cameras always use a RTOS. Ambarella makes chips for both cases. for example the H2 is for linux, while the S5 is the same chip but for RTOS.
  • silly-silly 9y ago
    There is no reason you can't have boot in under a second.
  • chiph 9y ago
    My first digital camera was a Kodak DC220 [0] and it ran the Digita operating system. [1] Boot time was in the 20-30 seconds (good for the time) but you would often miss shots. "Spontaneity" wasn't in it's vocabulary. Photos were surprisingly good for a 1 megapixel camera with fixed-focus. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_DC_Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_DC_Series [1] http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DC220/DC220Acgi.HTM http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DC220/DC220Acgi.HTM
    • mod 9y ago
      Flash memory, wow. I'm almost certain my first digital camera wrote to floppies.