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General Discussion => General Chat => Topic started by: Walter Schulz on December 22, 2020, 02:34:52 PM

Title: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: Walter Schulz on December 22, 2020, 02:34:52 PM
Wondering if Canon was bought by Apple lately because I have an "Apple Event" feeling about all of this:

https://www.techradar.com/news/canon-reimagines-the-shutter-button-say-hello-to-the-shutter-touchpad

Boy, how to get excited about reinventing the wheel ... if it is a wheel, after all.
Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: coon on December 22, 2020, 04:26:09 PM
No, please no! Why does so many hardware gets ruined by these touch "innovations" these days? I can't imagine that a touch button will give a good feedback as a physical button does.
Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: Danne on December 22, 2020, 05:29:59 PM
The same is happening with cars. Buttons are replaced with cheap digital screen solutions. Consumer marketing, hardly pro users, asking for these drawbacks.
Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: 71m363nd3r on December 22, 2020, 05:40:15 PM
I have the same feeling like on mobile phone when you pressing the shutter button on the display but it's f*king slowww on reaction and you miss the key moment because the OperatingSystem (android or iOS) is lag mode.
I simply prefer the feeling :)

Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: Skinny on December 23, 2020, 08:50:25 AM
well.. what about winter use? :D I don't believe someone would really change the shutter button.. and I am totally against all touchscreens, it's just a consumer thing to save a few $ by not using real mechanical buttons.
Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: Walter Schulz on December 24, 2020, 02:26:59 PM
And again but without reality distortion field activated.
https://petapixel.com/2020/12/21/canon-has-created-a-shutter-touchpad-to-replace-the-shutter-button/
Title: Re: Canon shutter redesign and a journalist is getting very, very excited ...
Post by: kitor on December 27, 2020, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: 71m363nd3r on December 22, 2020, 05:40:15 PM
I have the same feeling like on mobile phone when you pressing the shutter button on the display but it's f*king slowww on reaction and you miss the key moment because the OperatingSystem (android or iOS) is lag mode.

You know that most of current gen phones are shooting continuously and just saving last buffer status when you press the button?
Or even multiple frames and compute final image via stacking?

https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ (https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/)

I was blown away what my Z Flip can do during night. Until I zoomed in and saw some window frames doubled on building that was photographed.
It's still enough for most users. Even in journalism there's famous 'f/8 and be there' - capturing the moment is often more important that technical details / quality.