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The pro is for professionals which include photographers.
by goalieca 5y ago
The pro is for professionals which include photographers.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoAlso 3d printing, single board computers, drones...
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoAll fringe hobbyist activities, not "pro" stuff (except perhaps photo drones). I don't think that many people are photographers, overall. Most people who buy "Pros" probably work in an office and their company buys the computers for them.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoWhere to even start with this. What if I told you that just because you can't imagine it doesn't mean it doesn't exist? There are tons of small businesses in the physical automation space that run on hooking SBCs up to various things. Many of their components are 3d-printed, by them, until they get everything laid out just right. Source: security evaluations for the software those people write is an extremely lucrative side-hustle, and it's all word of mouth. The photography business you casually ignore is quite large (Google "wedding photographer" in your city and then realize that most photographers don't even shoot weddings). Or just realize that on the order of 200k DSLRs ship in a given month, almost all using SD as at least one of the onboard cards. Add to that the high-end mirrorless segment which is about the same size, plus all the GoPro addicts (and just to head off the inevitable "what pro uses GoPros" comment, go look at b-roll in any car review). Then round it out with the dashcam/security camera crowd that either doesn't trust wifi or is required to have on-device recording for regulatory reasons. There are also lots of scientific instruments which use SD cards for data logging in remote locations, especially since they're cheap so you can buy 2-3 from different manufacturers and duplicate the writes without appreciably increasing cost. Ditto other kinds of data loggers like IoT stuff that actually uses an air gap.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoCan't you connect modern cameras to USB-C directly, though?
- Godel_unicode 5y agoYes you can use your DSLR as a +500g (without the lens, or the mic, or the cage) dongle. There is a huge list of problems with this approach but it boils down to the simple truism that, for pros, ports are good and dongles are bad.
- amelius 5y agoPerhaps time for pro cameras to include better connectivity options such as WiFi?
- detaro 5y agoI very much doubt that'd be "better" in any meaningful way, at least for the use case that a card reader covers. You still want removable storage, it's useful to be able to read that storage without the camera, ...
- JKCalhoun 5y agoKind of don't want that. Out "in the field" there may be (will often be) no WiFi. I want removable storage.
- amelius 5y agoYeah, but you can use your camera as a storage drive which you access over WiFi.
- hstaab 5y agoI prefer physical mediums to sending data over the network. Especially when there are no benefits in doing so.
- wbsss4412 5y agoIn what way would WIFI be better? SD cards work and work well.
- amelius 5y agoYou still use SD cards. But you access them through WiFI and your camera.
- chrisseaton 5y agoEveryone is a 'pro' at something. The term's meaningless. Vast majority of pros don't need any ports whatsoever and can do with a MacBook Air.
- e-clinton 5y agoYes, if you believe everyone is a “pro”, then I agree most pros don’t need any ports. Hence why the IPad Pro and iPhone Pro exists. That should be enough computing power for most “pros”