Haha!  maybe for stock photography but you try and do commissioned, assignment work and show the client or art director youre shooting with a smart-phone. You would be replaced within five seconds.
However I do agree with you in this world of micro-stock I'm not sure it matters anymore and especially when quality have been replaced by quantity. Who cares?

I don't know why the camera manufacturers haven't used amdroid more.  There's a few cameras using android but not many.  Then they could have apps like instagram, snapchat etc. on the camera.  I use dropbox to backup my phone photos, would be great to be able to use that on my camera.

Sony and Olympus have tried cameras that use a smartphone for the screen and connect wireless but they didn't do a good job.

I've used the Panasonic GH4 for shooting interiors for clients. I had it  connected to an iPad via WiFi and they totally loved it. Previews are huge, no one has to bend around and try make out what is happening in a teeny screen. You can use the iPad as shutter release, focus, etc etc. They can see the shot after it's taken, okay it and move on.

Maybe the the camera manufacturers should add a phone in their dslr :p

It isn't just phones that use android and ios.  My tablet doesn't have a phone but it has a lot more photo sharing apps than my camera.

Quote from: sharpshot on September 12, 2016, 10:52

I don't know why the camera manufacturers haven't used amdroid more.  There's a few cameras using android but not many.  Then they could have apps like instagram, snapchat etc. on the camera.  I use dropbox to backup my phone photos, would be great to be able to use that on my camera.

Sony and Olympus have tried cameras that use a smartphone for the screen and connect wireless but they didn't do a good job.

I've used the Panasonic GH4 for shooting interiors for clients. I had it  connected to an iPad via WiFi and they totally loved it. Previews are huge, no one has to bend around and try make out what is happening in a teeny screen. You can use the iPad as shutter release, focus, etc etc. They can see the shot after it's taken, okay it and move on.

You can easily do the same with Canon and a $30 credit card size TP-Link WiFi access point.
But I give you it is more convenient to have it embedded in the camera.

Personally when I'm out shooting stock or on assignment I don't want some silly phones in camera or other stupid android hokus pokus. I dont even take a mobile with me. I don't want to be reached or disturbed let alone talk or make conversation. Just want to come back home with good shots.

The dream for consumers it is to have from a small piece results of DSLR quality, with which they can play after, or use directly. It is not there yet, but will come. And many physical limitations of a small piece will keep market of DSLR alive very long time more, but shrinked. And current smartphones are very good often because user will never see at 100% on his screen. Small prints hide the problems too. Anyway i will not risk to shoot wedding with a smartphone, but often provide such photos additionally if quality is acceptable.

Quote from: sharpshot on September 12, 2016, 10:52

I don't know why the camera manufacturers haven't used amdroid more.  There's a few cameras using android but not many.  Then they could have apps like instagram, snapchat etc. on the camera.  I use dropbox to backup my phone photos, would be great to be able to use that on my camera.

Sony and Olympus have tried cameras that use a smartphone for the screen and connect wireless but they didn't do a good job.

We're all wondering about this.  I think the camera companies just don't have the engineering resources to make this happen.  The Android group probably supports phones to the max and supplies a complete platform kit for anyone wanting to make a phone. A camera is a different game and would require a lot more software development which companies like Sony and Nikon aren't able to do.  They're just not big enough, and they're not software companies.

I think it doesn't have to be that hard. They just need to allow us to put our phone in place of our screen on camera that will be connected to work as screen and to store images directly on phone. Maybe taking one picture will take a little bit longer time but I think it could be possible to do.

I find i cant hold a phone properly for taking photos - the phones are so thin and flat its hard to grip it and try not to get your fingers in the way.

Personally when I'm out shooting stock or on assignment I don't want some silly phones in camera or other stupid android hokus pokus. I dont even take a mobile with me. I don't want to be reached or disturbed let alone talk or make conversation. Just want to come back home with good shots.

but that's you , gyllens!!!
we discussed this at our last family reunion only last week. my eldest was complaining how old she felt sitting in a bus or whatnot and be the only one not having her head stuck to a smartphone .
she complains it's either ipod or giant cans before, and now it's a park full of kids doing whatyoucallit
and grownup with smartphone waiting for an emal from a friend.

she says, why wait for a reply from that invisible friend when there are tons of lonely people
sitting next to you or walking by you every single minute doing the same thing...
waiting for an email from that invisible friend

the world has come to be infatuated by an invisible friend with a face shaped like a smartphone.

Quote from: gyllens on September 13, 2016, 00:51

Personally when I'm out shooting stock or on assignment I don't want some silly phones in camera or other stupid android hokus pokus. I dont even take a mobile with me. I don't want to be reached or disturbed let alone talk or make conversation. Just want to come back home with good shots.

but that's you , gyllens!!!
we discussed this at our last family reunion only last week. my eldest was complaining how old she felt sitting in a bus or whatnot and be the only one not having her head stuck to a smartphone .
she complains it's either ipod or giant cans before, and now it's a park full of kids doing whatyoucallit
and grownup with smartphone waiting for an emal from a friend.

she says, why wait for a reply from that invisible friend when there are tons of lonely people
sitting next to you or walking by you every single minute doing the same thing...
waiting for an email from that invisible friend

the world has come to be infatuated by an invisible friend with a face shaped like a smartphone.

Mixed feeling.
Here is the same, people prefer remote communication. Do they feel themselves more physically secure with online communication than with real one?

Mixed feeling.
Here is the same, people prefer remote communication. Do they feel themselves more physically secure with online communication than with real one?

this is different. we are "communicating" with others globally.
i was referring to ppl in the same city, town, block,... even walking around side by side...
on a date (actually happening )...
they don't utter a single word or face each other,
they walk side by side (on a date) but both spend their face in the smartphone
instead of conversing with each other.

you walk in to mcD and sit next to them, they actually still, not look at each other,
but both looking and responding to someone else??? maybe.. or LOL to each other..
on the smartphone.

i once, at the start of emails, also had a friend who would email his friends living next door.
i asked him why don't you just meet and talk???
(it's no better today)

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Quote from: sharpshot on September 12, 2016, 10:52

I don't know why the camera manufacturers haven't used amdroid more.  There's a few cameras using android but not many.  Then they could have apps like instagram, snapchat etc. on the camera.  I use dropbox to backup my phone photos, would be great to be able to use that on my camera.

Sony and Olympus have tried cameras that use a smartphone for the screen and connect wireless but they didn't do a good job.

I've used the Panasonic GH4 for shooting interiors for clients. I had it  connected to an iPad via WiFi and they totally loved it. Previews are huge, no one has to bend around and try make out what is happening in a teeny screen. You can use the iPad as shutter release, focus, etc etc. They can see the shot after it's taken, okay it and move on.

You can easily do the same with Canon and a $30 credit card size TP-Link WiFi access point.
But I give you it is more convenient to have it embedded in the camera.

I looked into these and could see some benefit but couldn't find an app as slick as Panasonic's for operation. Each of us has different requirements and Canon and Nikon have failed to meet mine. Panasonic was one of my last choices in systems and yet it's what I shoot on these days.