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DSLR manufacturers also actively resisted improving features on phones to enable market segmentation. Open source hacked DSLR replacement operating systems lik
by epivosism 5y ago
DSLR manufacturers also actively resisted improving features on phones to enable market segmentation.
Open source hacked DSLR replacement operating systems like Magic Lantern prove they are just market manipulators. example: every canon dslr is intentionally software limited in features like time lapse support, shorter exposure times, motion detection, bulb activation, and many more.
In general the product space was undeveloped for years for them to keep their for short-term profits from massively marked up high end bodies; unlike the phone world where every phone has the best features it possibly can, and there is no 2k, 5k+ USD iphone which "really" has the best features. Canon/others did not innovate and this is what they should get. It's a shame considering what they might have been.
https://magiclantern.fm/ https://magiclantern.fm/
- elxr 5y agoEntry level DSLRs also only had 1 control wheel for a long time. This was always one of my biggest issues when looking for a decent, affordable DSLR. It really kneecaps usability. When in aperture priority, having only a single wheel for F-stop, exposure compensation, and ISO is an exercise is frustration.
- epivosism 5y agoOr how even on 2k+ DSLRs you cannot specify "auto ISO limits" - i.e. AUTO means 50-400 but do NOT go over that. So you can't build in your requirements for photos - after verifying that quality up to a certain ISO is okay for your purpose, and above it is NOT okay, you have no way to force the camera to match your requirements.
- andrewaylett 5y agoMy Canon EOS 550D has a "maximum auto ISO" setting that lets me pick anything from 400 up.