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I found this interesting, it's a MFT camera that you clip your smartphone onto...
Here's a link to the Alice site...
I like that it's British and I wish them well. It's not something that I'd like to use maybe the smartphone generation could take to it? It may be a big hit for all I know.
We've seen the gear change in recent years. Those of us old enough will have seen the rise of the SLR, the introduction of auto focus and of course the move from film to digital. Now optical DSLR's are arguably heading into history and mirrorless is beginning to take over and we're seeing a convergence of stills and video in the same camera body too and all the while the smartphone marches on and has decimated parts of the camera industry. Big changes indeed.
Maybe this Alice isn't the future and just an interesting little branch off. Who knows what direction photography may take but maybe until something truly groundbreaking comes along this Alice could be a way of getting smartphone users into a system with a much larger sensor and better lenses whilst keeping the ease of use, processing and connectivity that smartphones offer.
One drawback for me is that you're back to carrying two devices, the Alice and your phone and if doing that why not carry a small MFT camera like the Panasonic GX9, a small APS-C like the Sony A6xxx or even a small FF camera such as the new Sony A7c? Well, those things don't have the smartphone interface, processing and connectivity. I can see this being popular with some if not being an industry changing product. Good luck to the makers, I hope they find many happy buyers.
Anyone tempted to get one?
MFT ‘Alice’ concept camera promises smartphone AI with interchangeable lenses
The Alice Camera intends to shake up the photo market and introduce the new technology the major manufacturers have failed to implement. It combines a MFT sensor and lens mount with a clamp for your smartphone, and an app and lots of AI to create the pictures
www.dpreview.com
Here's a link to the Alice site...
Alice Camera
Content creators, we built this for you. Alice is an AI camera that works with your smartphone to shoot and share better content in a fraction of the time
www.alice.camera
I like that it's British and I wish them well. It's not something that I'd like to use maybe the smartphone generation could take to it? It may be a big hit for all I know.
We've seen the gear change in recent years. Those of us old enough will have seen the rise of the SLR, the introduction of auto focus and of course the move from film to digital. Now optical DSLR's are arguably heading into history and mirrorless is beginning to take over and we're seeing a convergence of stills and video in the same camera body too and all the while the smartphone marches on and has decimated parts of the camera industry. Big changes indeed.
Maybe this Alice isn't the future and just an interesting little branch off. Who knows what direction photography may take but maybe until something truly groundbreaking comes along this Alice could be a way of getting smartphone users into a system with a much larger sensor and better lenses whilst keeping the ease of use, processing and connectivity that smartphones offer.
One drawback for me is that you're back to carrying two devices, the Alice and your phone and if doing that why not carry a small MFT camera like the Panasonic GX9, a small APS-C like the Sony A6xxx or even a small FF camera such as the new Sony A7c? Well, those things don't have the smartphone interface, processing and connectivity. I can see this being popular with some if not being an industry changing product. Good luck to the makers, I hope they find many happy buyers.
Anyone tempted to get one?