Comments on: Change … just because?

By: Cedric

Cedric — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:44:02 +0000

Let me say that I would not buy an Apple camera if they ever made one. As much as I like their designs I am not a fan of their ideology. I was referring to the fact that the camera industry needs to think outside the (film) box the way Apple designers have been doing for some time. However I recently had a chat with someone in the camera industry and he suggested that the lack of innovation is due to the inertia created by the end-users themselves. Apparently it is us, the photographers, professional and amateurs who are reluctant to move away from the old. I can believe that as it turns out.

As for the micro four thirds cameras, yes I think they are heading in the right direction with those though I’d like to see more smarts in the software. I’m sure that will come one day.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:37:45 +0000

…they would look nice, clean and slick – but lack half the functionality. Like the iPad that is lacking a USB-port.

@Cedric: Silent SLR? Hm, how about the micro four thirds? That’s roughly what you’re talking about, isn’t it?

By: Earl

Earl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:20:18 +0000

An Apple designed “professional” camera — now that’s something I’d like to see. It would be interesting to say the least .

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:02:52 +0000

Sometimes I wonder what cameras would look like if Apple designed them…

Now that, Cedric, is an interesting thought! I’m sure that they’d look nothing like they do today. They’d probably look something like an IPhone!

By: Cedric

Cedric — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:14:44 +0000

Can’t comment on the M9 (wish I could ) but as a tech-head I find it interesting that the camera manufacturing industry remains so stuck to their film heritage. I’m no designer and perhaps I am simply ignorant when it comes to cameras but I would think that the digital age would allow a whole lot of new innovations that we’re simply not seeing on any commercial scale. I’d love to have a silent SLR (no mirror) and something that was smaller and lighter but still with a large CCD. I like basic controls since I shoot mostly manual but I would also like to see more intelligent software. Why don’t cameras have HDR settings; take a RAW shot and in-camera you get an HDR. Why can’t I pan my SLR and get an instant panorama? Why can’t we control auto-focus with a small thumb joystick and small crosshairs in the view finder; compose pick what you want to focus on and shoot. Why can’t I shoot a HD video and get my stills from the video (I think video is the future of photography by the way).

The technology for all of this is available so why don’t we see manufacturers putting it in cameras? Okay, so I’m ranting like an amateur but that’s what I am, an amateur who likes to have fun and I find technology fun. Sometimes I wonder what cameras would look like if Apple designed them…

By: Chris Klug

Chris Klug — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:21:42 +0000

Yup, me too. I quizzed Butzi about his decision to buy (he has a 5D Mk II, after all) and he was understandably vague in his reply (after all, he doesn’t owe me any explanation at all, in fact).

I just want to not think about the camera when I raise it to my eye and shoot. Anything that stops me and makes me fuss or fumble I dislike intensely.