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Any mirrorless cameras shoot "live photos"? I'd like nicer image quality and would like to drop to a non-smartphone, but won't give those up. It's the single fe
by karatestomp 6y ago
Any mirrorless cameras shoot "live photos"? I'd like nicer image quality and would like to drop to a non-smartphone, but won't give those up. It's the single feature keeping me paying for smartphones. :-/
- KineticLensman 6y ago> Any mirrorless cameras shoot "live photos"? If you mean what Nikon calls 'live view', yes, either through the electronic viewfinder or on the screen on the back. Often with superimposed aides such as exposure histogram or focus highlighting ('peaking'). You can set it so that touching the back screen takes the picture as well as pressing the normal shutter-release button. I'm sure Canon and the others are the same now, I just don't have direct experience of them.
- karatestomp 6y agoNo, I mean the thing where it captures a short video (usually lower-res, I think, at least on the phone I have) at the same time as taking a full-res photo. The result is like something out of Harry Potter—you're looking at a photo, you hold your finger on it (at least on a touchscreen interface) and now you're seeing video giving a couple seconds of context, with sound, on either side of the photo. It's downright magical. I've got no use for a camera without that feature as long as my kids live at home, at least (a while yet). "Live Photo" is what Apple calls it. I don't know if anything like that's available on other phone platforms, let alone stand-alone cameras, but last time I checked I couldn't find any. [EDIT] a clip of the announcement of the feature, with examples (it's far from new): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEj8Gfe144 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEj8Gfe144
- KineticLensman 6y agoAh - I see what you mean. In that case, for Nikons at least, the answer is 'no'