Sony Smartphone Lenses
- Thread starter Cosimo
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This doesn't interest me I don't think
But it might have a market for those who like photography but don't want a dslr. The lens bulk removes it from being a pocket solution
Where would you use it? It wouldn't be day to day.
It's probably the same bulk as a compact and a phone, could begin to kill the compact market?
But it might have a market for those who like photography but don't want a dslr. The lens bulk removes it from being a pocket solution
Where would you use it? It wouldn't be day to day.
It's probably the same bulk as a compact and a phone, could begin to kill the compact market?
I really do not understand this. Yes mobile phones (iphone 4 i'm looking at you) suddenly became a lot of peoples go to camera because, as the gentleman said, the best camera is the one you have with you. All of a sudden people had quite capable cameras in their pockets wherever they went, the small sensor and lack of a zoom lens were the trade-off. The reason for mobile phones being popular photography tools is their convenience, the very convenience this would take away if carried around with a phone. As mentioned out why would I cary this lens over my rx100 which would take significantly better pictures. I can send pictures to my phone over WiFi so why would I need a lens on my phone‽ :baffled:
i can only see it for people who have no other camera.. still dubious tho..wait.. ill just get my lens out..and anyone interested enough to bolt a lens on probably will have something better..maybe something for the future
i doubt joe average would take the lens with them. wait and see
Well the QX100 should take identical photos to your RX100 because it is the same sensor and same lens, just way cheaper.
I guess Sony's idea is that an iphone + this camera is smaller, lighter and cheaper than an iphone + your Rx100 and gives identical photos. You then have the photos instantly on your phone to upload to facebook.
But yeah, I just don't think people will see it as that practical.
Would you really upload a 20Mp image to Facebook, even on 4G?
My 10Mp JPGs are about 3.8Mb.
Can you see the difference in a 1Mp camera pic versus a 1Mp QX pic?
I see this as massive overkill for the Instagram generation.
it sends a reduced 2mp image to the phone and stores the full res version on the 'lenses' memory card so you get all the quality of the rx100 but instantly downsized for web use.
I'm not a big fan of stereotypes like 'the instagram generation' that doesn't mean I'm convinced there is a market for this product but you can argue for or against it without resorting to bland stereotypes. had this been invented in my '110mm funcamera generation' it would have been bloomin marvelous but then my phone was wired to the wall in my house so not sure it would have been any actual use oh and the web didn' exist hmmmmm
You can upload a high resolution to flickr for example or upload a low resolution to facebook but keep your high resolution file for processing later or printing at a future date.
And eyes, you will notice a a difference in quality between a downscale 2MP file and a terrible smartphone photo. You will get massively better noise, dynamic range, colour depth, the ability to use a zoom lens to properly compose your subject, better auto focus, etc, etc.