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I think this is going to be one of those things where we learn that nobody actually cares about any of that outside these forums. MP3s were garbage, early camer
by roughly 5y ago
I think this is going to be one of those things where we learn that nobody actually cares about any of that outside these forums. MP3s were garbage, early camera phones were garbage, Snap picture quality generally is garbage, bluetooth headphones suck, all of these things were and are decried by the tech community, and it turns out that people just don't care, because even at garbage quality it's still cool to have a robot take your picture.
- bamboozled 5y agoHaving a robot taking your picture only sounds cool go hacker news people ?
- majormajor 5y agoEven without the robot angle "cool" aspect of a drone, it's a step along a progression that's shown clear demand: first selfies, then selfie sticks, then no-stick-needed non-selfie selfies.
- whatshisface 5y agoDrone photography predates selfie sticks.
- ceejayoz 5y agoNo, it doesn’t. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/23/photograph-1926-shows-selfie-stick-older-than-meets-eye https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/23/photograph-1...
- scoot 5y agoIt seems much more likely that the stick in this picture was used to press the shutter release button of a camera on a tripod than to suspend the camera itself.
- whatshisface 5y agoIf you're allowed to use that as an example of a selfie stick, then I should be allowed to use James Wallace Black’s 1860 aerial photography. :-) https://time.com/longform/aerial-photography-drones-history/ https://time.com/longform/aerial-photography-drones-history/
- simonh 5y agoOr maybe the pigeoncam from 1907. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-turn-of-the-century-pigeons-that-photographed-earth-from-above https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-turn-of-th...
- croon 5y agoIn terms of invention, sure, but definitely not in terms of wide consumer availability/adoption.
- dvt 5y agoExcept that mp3s sucked until the iPod, and camera phones sucked until the iPhone. The idea that product quality, ease of use, UX/UI, or polish doesn't matter is just wrong. This thing is absolutely going to bomb (reminds me of GoPro's Karma) and I'd bet money on it, but SNAP stock is already in dire straits, so their incompetence is probably priced in.
- eptcyka 5y agoCamera phones sucked until iPhone 4 at least.
- emteycz 5y agoNo, camera phones were very good since the Sony Ericsson days - ~2006. I have a book from that era all about mobile camera photography, written by a professional photographer, and illustrated only with pictures shot on a Nokia phone. The pictures are of excellent printable quality with amazing colors.
- jolux 5y ago~nobody used the Sony Ericsson devices though, everyone had stuff like the Motorola Razr with terrible little cameras in them.
- kiksy 5y agoI had SE k800i in 2006. It had a Xenon flash and the photos it took we not surpassed by smartphones for a surprisingly long time, especially at night.
- emteycz 5y agoIt was extremely popular brand in Europe for many years. At one time almost everybody had a good Nokia or Sony Ericsson. I saw Motorola Razr like one time in the wild.
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- xarope 5y agoI do some extreme sports for hobbies, where I am often the only person with the sense of mind to take shots with my trusty olympus TG2 (yes it's old, but still works) of others with me, whether underwater or 6Km above. My professional photographer friend often berates me for my framing, perspective, lighting choices etc, but when I'm hanging almost upside down and only using one hand covered by a mitt, whilst nobody else has the energy to pose or even think of stopping, I think there's only so much you can do. Anyway, the point is, my friends have lots of pictures of themselves doing these activities, versus non at all.
- jpalomaki 5y agoBrain is an associative data store. You have lot's of stuff stored there, but you can't recall things without suitable key. Even a technically lousy photo can work as the key that bringz back the memories.
- albrewer 5y agoThe best camera is the one you have with you. I have "terrible" pictures of all sorts of things but what's important are the memories attached to them.