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What I have been wondering for years is why this technology hasn't found its way back into regular cameras. AFAICT, regular cameras with vastly bigger aperture
by lisper 5y ago
What I have been wondering for years is why this technology hasn't found its way back into regular cameras. AFAICT, regular cameras with vastly bigger apertures, which should be able to take better photos, in fact are generally much worse until you get into huge bulky DSLRs. Why?
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- lotsofpulp 5y agoI assume the market is extremely bimodal. Either you are satisfied with a phone camera, or you want to go all out and have all the benefits of a DSLR. There are very, very few people who want a stand-alone camera that offers less than a DSLR.
- Closi 5y agoIt’s worth saying that there are great quality prosumer compact cameras, but the price point is much higher for this (>$600) than the old school cheap $100 point and shoot used to be. It’s the bottom end of the market that’s been completely made obsolete, and as the quality gap shrinks there are also less people that want to carry / spend money on two devices.
- kube-system 5y agoPoint-and-shoot cameras are a dying segment. The target market for this segment is taking casual photos of friends and family. These buyers prioritize convenience and price over performance. Smartphones meet these requirements as good or better than their dedicated counterparts.
- jbay808 5y ago> AFAICT, regular cameras with vastly bigger apertures, which should be able to take better photos, in fact are generally much worse until you get into huge bulky DSLRs. Why? Are you sure about this? The last point-and-shoot camera I owned I bought around 2010, and other than zoom, my smartphone gives much better results. But then I met someone with a new hobby-level Panasonic point-and-shoot camera and I was flabbergasted at the quality of the photos she gets out of it. I tried taking some pictures with it and compared to my smartphone they all looked they belonged in a magazine. Smartphones have a ton of processing power and sensor quality packed into a small package, but I think it's still hard to outperform a half-decent lens and good quality sensor that are much, much larger, and it seems like point-and-shoot cameras have gotten really good.
- lisper 5y agoDo you remember what model your friend's camera was? I have a DMC-ZX60 which I would rate as OK-but-not-great. It seems to me that it should be possible to pack a truly awesome camera into that form factor, considering that smart phone cameras are literally orders of magnitude smaller.