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I don't know about Android, but the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive. And I envy the amount of processing that goes on when you press the button. From

I don't know about Android, but the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive. And I envy the amount of processing that goes on when you press the button. From turning a noisy mess from a fingernail size sensor into pretty good JPGs to auto choosing the best photo from crazy fast burst mode, even before you press the button! And audio/video, oh boy. Hyper slow motion 4k, noise canceling… Imagine what Apple/Google could do with something the size and weight of a DSLR and 3k US$ budget.

intertextuality 8y ago
I hate my iphone x camera because it's slow. I have to double and triple check that it's focusing on the right thing and hold the phone really steady. It is adequate for me because I always carry my phone with me, but I would never want a general approach to a real DSLR or mirrorless camera. Apple/Google would add too many features, focus on wifi connectivity, and generally ruin the one amazing thing about cameras–the ability to turn them on and immediately take photos, no fuss. No waiting for software updates, or alerts, or any of the million other things that do not belong in a camera.
- jaytaylor 8y ago
  Double tap the power button on Android and it'll be ready to snap pics in 3 seconds or less. No popups or other dialogs. Not bad.
  - intertextuality 8y ago
    Switching to the camera app isn't the hard part. In iOS it's also very easy. I'm referring to the [taking the picture] part.
  - frankchn 8y ago
    That’s slow in DSLR land. The 1DX Mark II (admittedly a very expensive pro camera) goes from physically switched off to first shot in 0.8 seconds, and from standby to image capture with full autofocus in 0.085 seconds: https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-1dx-ii/canon-1dx-iiA6.HTM https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-1dx-ii/canon-1d...
  - saiya-jin 8y ago
    Not good enough. My D750 can go from OFF -> ON -> Shutter press -> focus -> picture taken in cca 0.5s in normal light conditions. There are so many moments that I managed to capture only because of this speed, they would be gone in those 3s. Not even going into "details" like having 5x mechanical zoom on it (24-120mm), I can snap distant scene in 1s in above scenario. And I do snap those scenes quite often.
sjwright 8y ago
> the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive I love my iPhone and I'm happy to go to bat for Apple when I agree with them, but the Camera app on iOS is painfully slow compared to a Canon DSLR. The Canon can wake from sleep and take a photo in the tiniest fraction of a second.
- tambourine_man 8y ago
  I meant shutter release lag. Still, with both devices locked, the time from pick up to first shot won’t be that much different. I’d rather have my Nikon, but I wouldn’t be in troubled if I needed a quick shot and only had my iPhone.
  - sjwright 8y ago
    What do you mean locked? I can go from powered off to shooting my Canon in a fraction of the time than my iPhone from locked. And importantly a good photo because I can zoom and frame while the camera is getting the software ready. Where the iPhone wins is when it’s already in my hands.
    - tambourine_man 8y ago
      I don't have an X, bit my SE unlocks (fingerprint) in less than a second. Also, you don't even need to. You can swipe from the bottom and pick the camera app from control center. It's probably 1.5/2s from screen off to photo taken
      - sjwright 8y ago
        I have an iPhone 7. I’ve never quite gotten the gesture right in the moment. It feels like it has some degree of spurious input rejection on the unlock screen.
dingaling 8y ago
> but the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive Shutter response time on my Canon bodies is adjustable between slow and fast. Respectively 55 and 36 milliseconds. I doubt any phone can even wake from sleep in that time.

intertextuality 8y ago

I hate my iphone x camera because it's slow. I have to double and triple check that it's focusing on the right thing and hold the phone really steady. It is adequate for me because I always carry my phone with me, but I would never want a general approach to a real DSLR or mirrorless camera. Apple/Google would add too many features, focus on wifi connectivity, and generally ruin the one amazing thing about cameras–the ability to turn them on and immediately take photos, no fuss. No waiting for software updates, or alerts, or any of the million other things that do not belong in a camera.

jaytaylor 8y ago
Double tap the power button on Android and it'll be ready to snap pics in 3 seconds or less. No popups or other dialogs. Not bad.
- intertextuality 8y ago
  Switching to the camera app isn't the hard part. In iOS it's also very easy. I'm referring to the [taking the picture] part.
- frankchn 8y ago
  That’s slow in DSLR land. The 1DX Mark II (admittedly a very expensive pro camera) goes from physically switched off to first shot in 0.8 seconds, and from standby to image capture with full autofocus in 0.085 seconds: https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-1dx-ii/canon-1dx-iiA6.HTM https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-1dx-ii/canon-1d...
- saiya-jin 8y ago
  Not good enough. My D750 can go from OFF -> ON -> Shutter press -> focus -> picture taken in cca 0.5s in normal light conditions. There are so many moments that I managed to capture only because of this speed, they would be gone in those 3s. Not even going into "details" like having 5x mechanical zoom on it (24-120mm), I can snap distant scene in 1s in above scenario. And I do snap those scenes quite often.

sjwright 8y ago

> the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive I love my iPhone and I'm happy to go to bat for Apple when I agree with them, but the Camera app on iOS is painfully slow compared to a Canon DSLR. The Canon can wake from sleep and take a photo in the tiniest fraction of a second.

tambourine_man 8y ago
I meant shutter release lag. Still, with both devices locked, the time from pick up to first shot won’t be that much different. I’d rather have my Nikon, but I wouldn’t be in troubled if I needed a quick shot and only had my iPhone.
- sjwright 8y ago
  What do you mean locked? I can go from powered off to shooting my Canon in a fraction of the time than my iPhone from locked. And importantly a good photo because I can zoom and frame while the camera is getting the software ready. Where the iPhone wins is when it’s already in my hands.
  - tambourine_man 8y ago
    I don't have an X, bit my SE unlocks (fingerprint) in less than a second. Also, you don't even need to. You can swipe from the bottom and pick the camera app from control center. It's probably 1.5/2s from screen off to photo taken
    - sjwright 8y ago
      I have an iPhone 7. I’ve never quite gotten the gesture right in the moment. It feels like it has some degree of spurious input rejection on the unlock screen.

dingaling 8y ago

> but the Camera app on iOS is extremely responsive Shutter response time on my Canon bodies is adjustable between slow and fast. Respectively 55 and 36 milliseconds. I doubt any phone can even wake from sleep in that time.