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If only a new Rangefinder would be based on Android OS ....

Started Aug 23, 2013 | Questions thread
zaurus Regular Member • Posts: 266
Wrong on many levels [Re: Absolutely NOT]

arbuz wrote:

What I care in camera is:

- ergonomics

- image quality

- quick focus / quick operation

- move mode

- battery life

There is absolutely no difference between any mirror-less system (m43, NEX, Fuji X, NX) based on these criteria.

I repeat, all mirror-less systems are the same according to these criteria, with just minor differences. If someone has chosen NX because of this criteria only, (s)he has made a mistake.

I don't see android android addressing any of these points.

Of course not. Android serves a higher need -- the need of a seamless user workflow. I take photos/videos, batch process them, share/backup them and order prints in one go. What used to take days now takes minutes and all is happening NOW.

Plus, one gets GPS navigation to interesting locations, phone calls (via VoIP), social media, email, web browser etc. etc. There is no need for a computer, ever.

On the contrary - this system is based on java virtual machine and this means it is slow because of significant overhead.

Sorry, wrong. Real-time camera operation (metering, focusing etc) is done through the camera driver and service which are written in native code -- as quick as on any dumb camera. It is just the camera settings changes that are done with an app.

Switch on your phone - how long does it take you to start it?

I've not turned off my 1.5 years old Galaxy Nexus phone for the past year. No modern device/computer should ever, EVER be turned off.

I don't want my camera to be constant on, draining battery life.

It does not drain battery life. In suspend/standby mode the Galaxy NX drains as much battery as any dumb camera, say NX10/20.

I don't want it to waste resources (ram, processor) on full fledged, very resource hungry operating system while all I need i to take a picture.

No resources are ever wasted, because the resources sustain the entire workflow. Not just a photo capture. But also photo editing, photo upload/archive, photo sharing etc.

I want a tool designed and optimized for that process.

The process of a mere photo capture is not interesting any more. All and any camera system does that very well. The frontier now is the entire photo-related workflow as described above.

Android has it's uses. it's fine on phones or tablets. If I want it in a camera, I'd buy samsung galaxy on htc one.

So phones are no longer just for making a phone call, but cameras should be forever for just capturing a photo?

I hope you -- now -- realize how idiotic your statement sounds.

On the other hand I could accept tizen - once can tailor linux very well to it's intended purpose AND it does not need java emulator to run applications.

Tizen's overhead is no less than Android.

The difference is: 90% of Android's development is done by Google and hardware manufacturers for free. Samsung needs to put about 10% of the work to the final product.

Whereas 95% of Tizen work is done by Samsung alone.

Therefore, if Samsung decides to consolidate on one platform, it is 100% certain it will be Android.

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