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Google hardware efforts make me cringe. How can they be so tone-deaf? Why creating something that pretends to help you creatively while actually flattening all

Google hardware efforts make me cringe. How can they be so tone-deaf? Why creating something that pretends to help you creatively while actually flattening all the differences, nuances and creative glitches or imperfections down to a uniformed stylistic template? Seriously, I don't get it.

cromwellian 9y ago
Most people who take pictures of their kids don't want to be photographers, they don't want to think about composition, or lighting, they just want a good memory. Cameras have become more and more automated over the years. Auto focus, auto-exposure, auto-iso, burst mode hdr, portait lighting, and pretty soon, computational photography and AI on camera devices is going to just let you take a continuous burst of images, recognize the best compositions, and choose those. Some people will scream death of art and creativity, but true auteurs can still go manual mode if they want. Other people will be freed up to do other things while not having to worry about taking bad shots.
- CobrastanJorji 9y ago
  Exactly. I have small kids. I love taking pictures of my kids, but I hate having to choose between being in the moment and taking pictures. This thing is amazing to me. The only thing is that I would probably only use it if I expected there to be something capturable, like Christmas morning or a first day on the school bus or some special outing at a Playground or Disney or something. I'm not sure it's worth it for just those occasions. If something spontaneously adorable happens, it probably will be in a drawer and out of battery. But I'm sorely tempted. Hanging it on the Christmas tree might be amazing.
VikingCoder 9y ago
It helps people. Sure, you can say it's tacky and flat, but that's a Selfie Stick, too. Maybe it'll be popular, maybe it won't. But I can imagine my grandma using this to take family photos. What's your solution for her? A phone stand and a timer that she has to quickly jump and move around? And then someone blinked, so she has to do it again?
methodin 9y ago
Your comments are tone-deaf - most of the world doesn't care about creativity when taking photos. Photos of kids, dogs, people etc... Most of the photos I see on the web are NOT creative at all. They are utilitarian.

cromwellian 9y ago

Most people who take pictures of their kids don't want to be photographers, they don't want to think about composition, or lighting, they just want a good memory. Cameras have become more and more automated over the years. Auto focus, auto-exposure, auto-iso, burst mode hdr, portait lighting, and pretty soon, computational photography and AI on camera devices is going to just let you take a continuous burst of images, recognize the best compositions, and choose those. Some people will scream death of art and creativity, but true auteurs can still go manual mode if they want. Other people will be freed up to do other things while not having to worry about taking bad shots.

CobrastanJorji 9y ago
Exactly. I have small kids. I love taking pictures of my kids, but I hate having to choose between being in the moment and taking pictures. This thing is amazing to me. The only thing is that I would probably only use it if I expected there to be something capturable, like Christmas morning or a first day on the school bus or some special outing at a Playground or Disney or something. I'm not sure it's worth it for just those occasions. If something spontaneously adorable happens, it probably will be in a drawer and out of battery. But I'm sorely tempted. Hanging it on the Christmas tree might be amazing.

VikingCoder 9y ago

It helps people. Sure, you can say it's tacky and flat, but that's a Selfie Stick, too. Maybe it'll be popular, maybe it won't. But I can imagine my grandma using this to take family photos. What's your solution for her? A phone stand and a timer that she has to quickly jump and move around? And then someone blinked, so she has to do it again?

methodin 9y ago

Your comments are tone-deaf - most of the world doesn't care about creativity when taking photos. Photos of kids, dogs, people etc... Most of the photos I see on the web are NOT creative at all. They are utilitarian.