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I don’t think people really want or need that. A big pro DSLR is a big investment, it will last 5-10 years easily. Any SoC will be ancient by the time it’s 5 ye
by rhinoceraptor 9y ago
I don’t think people really want or need that. A big pro DSLR is a big investment, it will last 5-10 years easily. Any SoC will be ancient by the time it’s 5 years old, and no one will want to support it.
And who would want to edit photos on a big, heavy DSLR when they have a much more convenient smartphone, or iPad with a better screen?
The battery drain is also an issue. DSLRs use a mechanical shutter, which is sort of antiquated today. But it means one camera battery can last for hundreds or thousands of shots, and days of standby since the main screen is rarely on.
- Pxtl 9y agoThe challenge then is that quality camera chips historically vastly outdid the ability of corresponding communication chips. So if you went for the "camera as peripheral" approach, its ability to talk quickly to the phone is critical... and my 8-year-old camera produces large file sizes that would be painful over slow bluetooth of its day.
- rhinoceraptor 9y agoI have the lightning SD card adapter, I find it (as a hobbyist) to be pretty convenient when I want to immediately have my photos on my phone.
- photojosh 9y agoUSB adapter here. Went on a family holiday to a tropical island recently. On the way home I downloaded all the photos and videos on our 'tough' camera. They had GPS data recorded, so they just slotted into my iOS photo library easily and got added in to the 'memories' auto-grouping. 30 minutes on the plane produced an awesome little 90 second clip I could show everyone without boring them to tears.