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Post by brokenmachine »

recursive wrote: post #318
oasisbob wrote: post #312

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Comparing the 1/4"-20 tripod mount to the 1/8" TRRS jack isn't a great comparison. The tripod mount has been a standard for decades and decades. The phone headphone jack fractured into competing standards years ago. Works fine for listening, but once you want to use a microphone you're dealing with different pinouts for different manufacturers, balkanized auto detection and signaling, incompatible plugs sizing, groun…

It is a good comparison to make with TRS connectors, which got hit in the crossfire. It's been a standard for decades and decades. As you say, it works perfectly for listening. And for those of us that don't want remote controls or microphones on our headphones, the connector is an unfortunate casualty of "progress".

Vote with your wallet.

My next phone will also have a headphone socket.

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Post by brokenmachine »

ndtoeuin324tv wrote: post #360
pavlov wrote: post #19

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The profit potential isn’t there. Apple probably makes more money selling dongles than they’d ever make with a camera. Also, the Mac Pro fiasco makes me doubtful that Apple wants to be in any pro markets anymore.

How many years in a row are people going to make this proclamation? First it was not making screens anymore, then it was Final Cut Pro X, then it was iOS and the iPad, then it was the Mac Pro. Never mind that the Mac Pro is a great machine, and they've already announced the iMac Pro and hinted at a newer Mac Pro that is more in line with people's expectations. At this point, no matter what they do, people will say, "…

The controversy was not about nothing. Lots of professional users did not upgrade because they were not happy with the new offering.

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Post by spiderfarmer »

oblio wrote: post #82
spiderfarmer wrote: post #58

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That's why they should take that 25 million and invest it in startups that might become competitors one day.

I don't think they're that afraid of digital camera startups :)

It's not about being afraid, it's about letting other companies try innovations that won't succeed within your own company.

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Post by 4ad »

brudgers wrote: post #342
nradov wrote: post #284

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GPS can be turned off.

GPS based on solely on satellite signals tends to require several to tens of minutes before it can provide an accurate location. Cell phone geolocation tends to much much faster because it utilizes terrestrial radio signals from cell towers and wifi networks and who knows what else...a database of such signals is part of the what else.

Erm, my Garmin GPSMAP 64 can get a fix after a reboot in about one second. And if I didn't boot it in a few months it takes 15 seconds tops.

You are thinking of very old and very crappy GPSes.

Today GPSes not only get a fix very quickly, but don't even use much battery. My Garmin records tracks continuously through daylight for several days until I have to replace the two AA batteries.

[1] https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/140020

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Post by dceddia »

jemfinch wrote: post #348
dceddia wrote: post #291

Here's another one: the 30-minute recording limit for video recordings. Apparently Panasonic fixed this in their GH4R [0], but it doesn't seem that Canon and Nikon have. I was looking for a camera to record meetup talks, and I almost bought a new Canon 80d until I realized it couldn't go more than 30 minutes without restarting. [0]: http://cameras.reviewed.com/news/panasonics-gh4r-finally-kil...

That's a heat-related issue; fixing it would require the ability to dissipate heat much faster (fans, etc.). That's one of the reasons why cinematic digital cameras are so much larger than DSLRs.

I had read that it was tax-related, something about a higher tax on "video cameras" in Europe, and "30 minutes" was the defined limit.

Heat would make some sense too, but it's interesting that Canon and Nikon would both have the same heat issue that magically manifests after 29:59.

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Post by mark-r »

ekianjo wrote: post #377
mark-r wrote: post #315

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The DSLR market is shrinking, simply because everyone who wants one already has one and there are no compelling reasons to upgrade. There was a golden period of a few years where if you wanted a decent camera a DSLR was the best option, so the market expanded quickly. Those days are over. Adding the features identified in the post would cure the "no reason to upgrade" problem, at least temporarily. But the market for…

I was talking about "Full frame and above" please don't just my comment about DSLRs in general. APS-C size sensors DSLRs do not fit in my description, and that is the category that is shrinking the most.

OK, that may be true. But I propose that it's still a temporary situation, as APS-C DSLR users upgrade. The larger sensor camera market will saturate as well.

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Post by muro »

petepete wrote: post #206
muro wrote: post #133

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Which phone? Works fully automatically for me with Android. No need to ever open the app.

A Google Nexus 6P. Once I've touched SnapBridge it appears to work ok, but until I have, nothing. Perhaps when I upgrade in a few months the situation will improve.

And you are right, tried multiple times yesterday and worked just as you said. I'm sorry, must have misremembered.

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Post by contingencies »

smileysteve wrote: post #244

I disagree with this article in a lot of ways; the tripod mount is about the closest thing to mattering to a field/wedding/studio photographer. - IR Remote; Works in the studio (or in the field) because your lighting is to the sides or front (if it's behind the camera, you have shadow) - USB/Wifi version. The typical pro is taking 300-3000 clicks before uploading to lightroom for post; between this there are many oth…

Slow card writes: CF is faster than all SD formats, IIRC. Which is why high end cameras always have CF. Usually at least on the Canon side for the past few generations they couple this with SD. If you shoot to an SD slot, you notice the buffering a lot more than if you shoot to the CF. FWIW, I've only very rarely encountered issues after purchasing a high end CF on high end Canons. Currently I have a 5DS. Previously 1DS Mk III.

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Post by brudgers »

4ad wrote: post #384
brudgers wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GPS based on solely on satellite signals tends to require several to tens of minutes before it can provide an accurate location. Cell phone geolocation tends to much much faster because it utilizes terrestrial radio signals from cell towers and wifi networks and who knows what else...a database of such signals is part of the what else.

Erm, my Garmin GPSMAP 64 can get a fix after a reboot in about one second. And if I didn't boot it in a few months it takes 15 seconds tops. You are thinking of very old and very crappy GPSes. Today GPSes not only get a fix very quickly, but don't even use much battery. My Garmin records tracks continuously through daylight for several days until I have to replace the two AA batteries. [1] https://buy.garmin.com/en-U…

Thanks. I'd expect better performance out of bespoke hardware than a camera feature. That's why if GPS was really something I wanted, I'd get a handheld GPS because it's less than the bulk and weight of many lenses.
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