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What change? Canon or Nikon’s DSLR’s have been dropping due to a lack o “breakthroughs” in the industry. If they made a camera with a “smart” setting that adapt

What change? Canon or Nikon’s DSLR’s have been dropping due to a lack o “breakthroughs” in the industry. If they made a camera with a “smart” setting that adapts to the current conditions, make it easy to use, make it easy to sync with smartphones, and price it at 400-500 dollars, it could be a must-have for Instagram addicts.

CydeWeys 9y ago
Many cameras do now have the ability to sync with a smartphone over Bluetooth or WiFi, it's just unrefined and drains battery life. My camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II, can do this with nothing more than an app install on Android/iOS. The battery drain is problematic, though, and it doesn't work unless you shoot in JPG or RAW+JPG! That's right, it won't auto-convert images on the fly just when requested. Since I shoot RAW only for higher burst performance, that means that I don't use this photo, and wait until I get home before posting anything.
- petepete 9y ago
  Nikon's SnapBridge app is an abomination. There was a recent upgrade that improved things, but it's still unreliable, even for providing the camera with GPS data.
SwellJoe 9y ago
The SL2 is almost exactly that (a little out of your suggested price range with a kit lens, but it's a better camera than most people need for Instagram and the like), if a DSLR is even the right choice for that demographic. Every manufacturer has something in that ~$500-$700 range that is similarly competent; I only mention the Canon SL2 because it is the most effective when it comes to being "smart" (the new autofocus system in Canon cameras is by far the best in the market; it's frighteningly good, and much faster than a human operator could be). But, 1080p (or 4k) video, good automatic settings, etc. are all pretty standard across the board from every manufacturer. It's hard to find a camera from a good manufacturer that doesn't work great. But, there are also cameras in your suggested price range that aren't DSLRs that fit the bill, probably better than a DSLR for the casual camera user. A lot of the smart tech in DSLR cameras has trickled down into point and shoot cameras, including good autofocus, white balance, etc. Lens technology has moved more slowly, but the digital part of cameras has been advancing extremely rapidly.

CydeWeys 9y ago

Many cameras do now have the ability to sync with a smartphone over Bluetooth or WiFi, it's just unrefined and drains battery life. My camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II, can do this with nothing more than an app install on Android/iOS. The battery drain is problematic, though, and it doesn't work unless you shoot in JPG or RAW+JPG! That's right, it won't auto-convert images on the fly just when requested. Since I shoot RAW only for higher burst performance, that means that I don't use this photo, and wait until I get home before posting anything.

petepete 9y ago
Nikon's SnapBridge app is an abomination. There was a recent upgrade that improved things, but it's still unreliable, even for providing the camera with GPS data.

SwellJoe 9y ago

The SL2 is almost exactly that (a little out of your suggested price range with a kit lens, but it's a better camera than most people need for Instagram and the like), if a DSLR is even the right choice for that demographic. Every manufacturer has something in that ~$500-$700 range that is similarly competent; I only mention the Canon SL2 because it is the most effective when it comes to being "smart" (the new autofocus system in Canon cameras is by far the best in the market; it's frighteningly good, and much faster than a human operator could be). But, 1080p (or 4k) video, good automatic settings, etc. are all pretty standard across the board from every manufacturer. It's hard to find a camera from a good manufacturer that doesn't work great. But, there are also cameras in your suggested price range that aren't DSLRs that fit the bill, probably better than a DSLR for the casual camera user. A lot of the smart tech in DSLR cameras has trickled down into point and shoot cameras, including good autofocus, white balance, etc. Lens technology has moved more slowly, but the digital part of cameras has been advancing extremely rapidly.