On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:40:58 +0200, Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On the other hand, let's be really open-minded: what if we actually
merged a Palm-like platform and a DSLR? The most interesting benefit
would be customization, for people doing WEIRD things with their camera
and wanting help from additional programs.
And for the geeks. There's quite a lot of them, and a lot of them are
quite affluent. Could be an interesting market-niche. Do we call it Lintax
or Pennux ;-)
I think one could imagine a
few interesting applications:
- add anything you want to EXIF
- dynamic JPEG compression: the camera chooses the JPEG compression
level based on the scene, in order to ensure a (selected) quality level.
- add new output formats (JPEG 2000, multiple formats at once...)
- live upload your photos onto a secured hard disk somewhere in the
net.
- automatic extended DOF (esp. for macros): the camera takes
multiple shots with varying focus distances (programmable), then merges
all images into an "extended DOF" photo.
- automatic extended dynamics: same as above, with different
exposures and automatic combination, for very contrasty scenes
- many astronomy applications: e.g the camera determines the
photographed area automagically from star databases, then digitally
follows star apparent movement into a virtual long exposure
- upload your own panoramic assistant (like on P&S) if you want.
- ... fill in the blanks here ...
Some easy ones:
-streamline and customise menu's to taste (at least throw out the stuff
you don't need)
-customise buttons to taste
-etc, etc.
All this in a open architecture, where anyone can write his own plugin.
Basically extend the Camera firmware as much as you want... THEN
extending RAM will be a must.
Am I getting slightly off-topic, am I simply dreaming? Or I'm just
crazy <|%-P
Not crazy, definately dreaming. It would take a lot of courage for a
camera company to make such a camera.
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Regards, Lucas
