On 2011-08-10 17:46 , Steven Desjardins wrote:
I know there are many IT types on the List. I was reading about cameras running on a standard OS like Android. I'm curious about your thoughts on this.
i think it's an excellent idea in concept, but it may never be realized in a a way that truly benefits photographers using "full-powered" cameras
but consider the converse already exists, not "Android in a camera" but a camera in an Android device ... most Android devices already have cameras and some are reasonably good in the point & shoot sense; likewise on iOS
coupling an open OS, designed to be extended with apps, with a camera opens it up in a way that's radically different from a camera maker packaging a specific set of features and a specific UI; while the camera in my iPhone has some significant technical limitations, i am pretty impressed with some of the apps people have written for it, such as panoramic stitchers, HDR stackers, and even some of the goofy captioning and effect apps
sure, we can do all of these things after we load the images onto our computers, but when the entire package is integrated and in millions of pockets it encourages users and developers to experiment at a much faster pace; it also blurs the lines between photography and other forms of communication
i have sometimes wished every device in my life were completely programmable, and i love the idea of extending the open-OS-plus-camera to it's logical conclusion -- something like a digital view camera whose back is an iPad, with all the flexibility that implies (an idea i first heard from ctein on The Online Photographer) ... but i doubt the market will lead us there; i think pictures will instead become more commonplace, like words, and only crazy poets will treat them as art
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