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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 ade
by 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 agoDouble 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 agoSwitching 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 agoThat’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 agoNot 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.