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Yea or use the the ethernet port and tetherIs that what sports pros do?
Yea or use the the ethernet port and tetherIs that what sports pros do?
Same issue as the 5d4. Only one cf slot and uhs 1! Wtf
Is that what sports pros do?
But on a camera over £4k, they are penny pinching!
I guess it's a business decision to balance features versus cost and actual difference it makes. I've been the first to suggest that the A9 might not be the second coming like some bloggers are saying. Is Usb2 instead of 3 really a major nightmare for people?
There will be times when a Pro may have to use the camera connected to a computer to transfer images, and then it could have a large impact. It would be interesting to know how much they save.I guess it's a business decision to balance features versus cost and actual difference it makes. I've been the first to suggest that the A9 might not be the second coming like some bloggers are saying. Is Usb2 instead of 3 really a major nightmare for people?
Thom Hogan's take on the A9 is as balanced and reasonable as you'd expect
You'd be surprised the money some people have. And good luck to them.I think it looks an awesome machine, but it's certain Pro use only at the RRP!
In some cases enthusiasts have more money! More enthusiasts probably buy Leica than professionals who are making cost based decisions.I think it looks an awesome machine, but it's certain Pro use only at the RRP!
Not so much USB 2 vs USB 3; but USB-C should be becoming the standard. For one thing the ports are more reliable / rugged for those who do want to use that port, it also helps people standardise on cabling.I guess it's a business decision to balance features versus cost and actual difference it makes. I've been the first to suggest that the A9 might not be the second coming like some bloggers are saying. Is Usb2 instead of 3 really a major nightmare for people?
That's for Sony's compressed raw files, and the compression is not lossless. To get full raw files you have to record uncompressed raw, which brings the buffer down to ~ 115 images/5.5 sec... it will still take the same time for the buffer to clear.Interesting maths on this video from The Camera Store;
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/thecamerastoretv-says-hell-yeah-dslr-are-dead/
Assuming someone machine guns at 20 fps, it takes 11 seconds to fill the buffer (200 imaages), the camera then takes 2 minutes to write those images off to the SD card. granted, 200 shots in 11 seconds is stupid so I'd expect a lot of people wouldn't hit that but it shows that even with the fastest internal BUS and SD cards, you're still going to be looking at the flashing red light for 2 minutes!
I saw one review that said if you shoot at about 1.5 sec bursts w/ 3 sec in between the buffer would never fill... IMO, that's pretty usable.Apparently it takes 35seconds to clear the buffer. That's quite a long time. To be fair, the Canon isn't that much better.
This may have been where XQD cards could have helped speeded things up.Apparently it takes 35seconds to clear the buffer. That's quite a long time. To be fair, the Canon isn't that much better.
I was really surprised that they didn't put at least one XQD card slot in this camera. It is a top end camera based on speedThis may have been where XQD cards could have helped speeded things up.
I was really surprised that they didn't put at least one XQD card slot in this camera. It is a top end camera based on speed
And none of the top end camera manufacturers have yet managed to make a top end exchangeable lens camera which you can make phone calls with! Ridiculous penny pinching!
Samsung tried but no one was interested (in their cameras).Thom Hogan has said that the camera makers need to get their act together in this respect and I'm sure he's right as many many people today want to take a picture and share it immediately and have a problem understanding why I need to go home, load the pictures onto my pc and process the raws. I might as well have been talking Swahili.
i guess i am old fashioned but it gets me that people want their social media friends view on things, rather than interact with the family around them! i think that's just oddOne thing that surprised me recently at a family do was that although there was a lot of picture taking going on no one except me had a camera of any type. Everyone was taking selfies and pictures with smart phones and loading them onto social media in seconds... and you could see who was viewing them and making comments in seconds too.
Thom Hogan has said that the camera makers need to get their act together in this respect and I'm sure he's right as many many people today want to take a picture and share it immediately and have a problem understanding why I need to go home, load the pictures onto my pc and process the raws. I might as well have been talking Swahili.
Transfer pic from camera to phone using Wifi and upload to social media. I do this regularly.One thing that surprised me recently at a family do was that although there was a lot of picture taking going on no one except me had a camera of any type. Everyone was taking selfies and pictures with smart phones and loading them onto social media in seconds... and you could see who was viewing them and making comments in seconds too.
Thom Hogan has said that the camera makers need to get their act together in this respect and I'm sure he's right as many many people today want to take a picture and share it immediately and have a problem understanding why I need to go home, load the pictures onto my pc and process the raws. I might as well have been talking Swahili.
It's how the young do it and once us older ones die off who will want a camera which is disconnected from the world.i guess i am old fashioned but it gets me that people want their social media friends view on things, rather than interact with the family around them! i think that's just odd
It's still more of a faff than with a smartphone though.Transfer pic from camera to phone using Wifi and upload to social media. I do this regularly.
It's still more of a faff than with a smartphone though.
It might not matter to you but when you and everyone else who doesn't care dies all that will be left are people who'd rather spend that 30 seconds doing something more interesting and they'd rather use a device that lets them and at the mo that device is a smart phone not a camera.Yup, but takes about 30 seconds extra?
i guess so, but the amount of times you see people welded to their phones/tablets and not interacting amazes me. i cant wait to turn the bloody thing off i like being connected to the real world and disconnected digitally not vice versaIt's how the young do it and once us older ones die off who will want a camera which is disconnected from the world.
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It's not really a matter of not interacting with who they're with as they do this too... it's really more a case of including people who aren't there.
It's still more of a faff than with a smartphone though.
The thing is as well ... the smart phone probably takes as good photos as the focus free 35mm cameras that these people likely had before they had their smart phones!It might not matter to you but when you and everyone else who doesn't care dies all that will be left are people who'd rather spend that 30 seconds doing something more interesting and they'd rather use a device that lets them and at the mo that device is a smart phone not a camera.
It might not matter to you but when you and everyone else who doesn't care dies all that will be left are people who'd rather spend that 30 seconds doing something more interesting and they'd rather use a device that lets them and at the mo that device is a smart phone not a camera.
At first I didn't really understand why Thon Hogan was banging on so much about this but now I get it and I think that the camera companies need to get their fingers out and improve operation and connectability otherwise I don't see how they can pull in the smartphone / on line generation.
No, but its turning back into the more specialised, more niche product it was until the explosion of digital in the early 2000s.Things change, things come and go. Maybe one day cameras will be obsolete.
Oh how depressing!
Things change, things come and go. Maybe one day cameras will be obsolete.
All my working life I worked with tech but these days I just can't be bothered and at the mo I'm not on any social media but the fact is that for many people social media and interacting with people not in the room is now an integral part of their lives and if cameras can't easily slip into this lifestyle or are clunky when they can it'll just put people off and they'll stick with their ever better smartphone and it's very good screen.
Maybe the likes of the Canon 5D, Nikon D700 and Sony A9 will one day be museum pieces and maybe it'll happen soon and I'm sad about that as since I stopped working (at the still young age of 49, I'm now 56) I just can't be bothered to learn new techy stuff like smartphones and Friendface.
The thing is as well ... the smart phone probably takes as good photos as the focus free 35mm cameras that these people likely had before they had their smart phones!
In a different field ... I've had similar arguments with audiophiles who bemoan the quality of Spotify and iTunes downloads - but what they forget is that for 99% of people who listen to music; a iPhone via headphones, or iPhone connected to a £100 speaker dock playing lossy compressed music is better than they ever had before.
Issue? I'm just posting a view.. I don't have an "issue." I try to look on this forum most days but I don't consider this social media or anything like it and I don't use this forum like I see others using social media.To be fair that's your issue. And how often are you on this forum? Do you consider this social media?
Afterall, it's the photo that counts and not what it's taken on.
I was actually quite shocked at the quality of the pictures I was seeing on large screen smartphones. OK the quality may not be all that impressive when we pixel peep at 100% on our computers but most people are I assume looking at pictures on smartphones and tablets these days.
The other issue I expect to see is distortion with the electronic shutter... the times where 20fps is helpful is when the action is *very* fast. W/o the electronic shutter enabled the performance goes waaay down.