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As for still shooting, you may want to take an inventory of the places that people use their point-and-shoots. In my surveying, they're almost only used in pla
by roc 15y ago
As for still shooting, you may want to take an inventory of the places that people use their point-and-shoots.
In my surveying, they're almost only used in places where macro, low-light, flash, speed (image stabilization) and zoom performance are very important: birthdays, landmarks, weddings, kids events, zoos.
And those are features where the known solutions just do not fit into the physical constraints of smartphones.
It seems to me that there's still a place for a well-designed point-and-shoot. And certainly a place for one with better software and integration.
- ericb 15y agoYou're right on the high end. On the low end, I went into a store 8 months ago and compared time to photo-snap from finger-press as well as blur on non-steady targets and none of the sub 500 dollar digitals stood up well. My iPhone 3g consistently captures better images than our 2 year old Cannon Powershot.
- Splines 15y agoYou must be exaggerating. I have a SD960 and it kicked the crap out of my 3G, and I'm no photographer to speak of. I can set a custom white balance, aperture and focus off-center if I want. With my 3G there isn't much control at all. My 3G was handy if I forgot my P&S at home, but it was just a fallback, nothing more. I don't know if I'll replace my Canon with my 4S, but we'll see.
- ericb 15y agoI'm not. My criteria are different. I'm not looking for control. I'm looking for non-posed shots of my children to be 1-captured in time before the moment is over and what I'm photographing is gone, and 2-not blurry. With most low end digitals, you can take a nap between when you press the button and the actual picture is snapped.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoDon't forget drunken photos. The iPhone is relatively unforgiving when it comes to mashing what I think is the button - with my camera, I know where to put my finger and press, and I get tactile feedback.
- geoffpado 15y agoAs of iOS 5, you can now use the volume-up button as a way to take pictures, so you get that tactile feedback.