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Do they really need hardware to be that complex?
by ex3ndr 4y ago
Do they really need hardware to be that complex?
- ipsum2 4y agoNah, that's all for show. A perfectly fine camera can be made with a pinhole and some silver salt.
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- mkl 4y agoIf they could do it simpler, they would, because that would be cheaper.
- mtrycz2 4y agoIt's all tradeoffs. Reflex cameras are pretty standard, also the electronics have been around for a longer time now. But there is a balance in getting things to * have all the basic and possibly premium features * be rather compact and portable * have the right weight * possibly be weather/waterproof * process images fast (including video)... * ...don't drain battery in minutes... * ...but also don't overheat in users' hands * etc
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- nuclx 4y agoI'm pretty sure these devices won't last more than a few years before some electronic component fails. Same as for 'modern' cars.
- valdiorn 4y agouh, canon DSLRs have been around for 20 years. I was rocking my entry level 400D until earlier this year. I got it as a high school graduation present in 2007. It's been to 10+ different countries, been dropped off a camel, stolen by a monkey, rained on, covered in mud, doused with beer, and so much more. And this was the cheapest DSLR they made, and it has no weather sealing and has a plastic body, while most of the higher end stuff is (was?) magnesium and sealed everywhere. Canon makes REALLY fucking good cameras. Edit: only reason I replaced it; I got a smaller, lighter camera (also a Canon). the 400D still works fine.
- nuclx 4y agoWell, I didn't mean that Canon products are particularly bad in quality. I own a perfectly functioning 40D from 2007 myself, which I replaced by a Sony A7III just recently, as I hate the fact, that Canon tries to force their customers to buy their own expensive RF lenses. Of course cameras are impressive pieces of technology. Still I understand the sentiment of the above commenter. My last comment was an overstatement, still there is a substantial chance of a hardware failure.
- flumpcakes 4y agoAnd Sony forces you to buy their own expensive E-Mount lenses? To be honest, Canon EF mount lenses are probably the best buy if you are looking for compatibility: there's adapters for Sony E-Mount, Canon RF-mount, etc. The reason RF, Z, and E mount exist is because you can make the camera body much slimmer in MILC. It's much easier building adapters for lenses going from DSLR -> MILC. It might not be possible to go the other way around.
- maxnoe 4y ago
- thih9 4y agoCould you elaborate? Which elements would you simplify? Would there be any tradeoffs?
- pdpi 4y agoWhat do you mean? View finder, sensor, control surfaces, motherboard, heatsink, chassis+case. What exactly do you think is excessive complexity here?
- m3kw9 4y agoYeah cuz more complexity isn’t fun
- dekhn 4y agoThe DSLR represents the end-point of an unbelievable period of hardware improvements in cameras, they contain a ton of amazing mechanisms some of which just exist to make the "SLR" feature possible. The big camera manufacturers learneed a lot over the past few decades and the hardware is all there because customers demanded it. However, once LCD screens got good enough, the SLR aspect became a burden and if you look, most mirrorless pro cameras look very similar to their SLR counterparts.