2017 in review: a look back at February

that makes no sense by nikon about the integrated circuit part. Nikon been making compact and 1" series for awhile. This really another P&S tech, not ground breaking. Did sony switched their 1 sensor to make it less compatible? No I think sony fab got hit and damage. They have to protect their cellphone market shifted resources to that, and save the few 1" sensor platter for themselves. Later then nikon was going thru restructure and the lost time and parts from sony ended the project. It was nikon and the other part suppliers that killed the DL. The DL spec was a year old with all the delays. Could nikon just stuck it out, when other 1" maker were releasing newer cycle... The keymission and other coolpix used the smaller more common sensor.

also, people posted below said they used or know people that used the dl 18-50 prototypes/ sample model. It was probably doable.

Right, it just glues a lens to its 1 system camera.

I think NIKON can make 24-85 f/1.8-2.8, and 24-500 f/2.8-5.6 lenses without issue, but 18-50 f/1.8-2.8 is different story, and that's why SONY did not think it can make a workable 18-50 f/1.8-2.8 into production.

Goes back to NIKON, NIKON just killed the whole DL line b/c ONLY DL18-50 f/1.8-2.8 has edge to other brands, but not other two DLs, and the other two just me too products such as CANON G3X has longer zoom, but seems not selling well.

DL18-50 was the P&S I wanted to buy, but seems SONY will not make such UWA zoom P&S b/c SONY think it is not easy to make the lens.

It is not sure about Panasonic as Panasonic was KING of the P&S in the history.

Olympus & FUJI were not interested to make high-end P&S any more...

In terms of UWA, I bought LG G5 a while ago, I do not need another phone, but just for its UWA even its IQ has nothing to write home about...

Too bad.

NIKON had prototypes/ sample model for the shows, but went to production is different story, it just likes CANON showed sensor can see in almost totally dark years ago while CANON sensors were not as good as others namely NIKON & SONY.

@ Mike FL: "just likes CANON showed sensor can see in almost totally dark years ago"

That's not just a prototype. Canon is shipping a color movie camera with a 4,000,000 ISO sensor. It's available for purchase through B&H, among other places.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/multi-purpose-cameras/me20f-sh

ahem...(2)... my Canon G7xii at 1" is a miracle of resolution, nearly at my exc. APSC camera level, and informal portraits and kid photos taken at 20 fps reveal micro-expressions so perfect... well those photos exist because it fits in a small jacket pocket and the camera was there. If you find smartphones good enough, you're in luck. The rest of us need something designed to be a camera and controlled quickly like one. Smartphones are ergonomically idiotic, for any of its many uses, worst of all photography.

Would think that most photos are taken with phones nowadays so if the company slows down the phone/camera it is relevant.

cosina, lay off that holiday beer.

The positive spin:

"Supercharge your old iPhone with an inexpensive battery replacement!"

http://i.imgur.com/iEHgmPO.jpeg

https://daringfireball.net/2017/12/iphone_battery_throttling

@dr blackjack. FYI. I did read two articles on the subject.I will take it that you read maybe four.We came to and believe differently about what is going on.Thats fine.To assume that a commenter is an anti Apple shill is a bit rich considering you have no idea that they have actually had iPhones,iPads,Mac computers forever and hates windows.I believe they are slowing down the system so you trade up.You don’t. None of us knows for sure unless you are a fly that lives on the wall at Apple headquarters.

It's not about number of articles, it's about getting info out of good ones. If you looked into it at all you would see that (1) iPhones are being throttled. This there is no debate about. and (2) It is in response to sudden shutdown/crash issues that affect all smartphones, but made famous by the iPhone 6S which was so severe it required a battery recall.

These two points are equally important, arguably 2 much more than 1. To present it as just part 1 is misleading

So that's how Apple announces record profit each year...

@ozturet. If that’s the business plan then that’s the way it is.This could make me switch brands even though my 7s does all that I want.How you gonna hit the update button when you know it’s going to slow down your phone.I paid for the top specs so that would be less of an issue!

Jackspra, my daughter's IPad Air got slower down 1 year after we purchased it. Even a simple YouTube App works slower. I'll take a longer battery life if performance will not be hit but Apple wants us to buy new. My next buy will be some Android tablet. I gave my old Samsung Note 3 to my mother and it is still quite fast (except from new games of course). IPad Air was released after Note 3 (same year but I think later) and Ipad is already slow!

I have read elsewhere people saying Apple should supply new batteries for free.I would be willing to pay for a new one every year as it’s the system I like but all there is left to do is not do the update knowing I will also not be getting virus etc. update protection. Not good.

"I'll take a longer battery life"
That will be "shorter" :)
Agree with you.

Ricoh should. Call it the GX300.