• @mlg@lemmy.world
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    222 months ago

    Wasn’t the first ever webcam just a regular camera that took shots of the office coffee pot? I’m pretty sure it was a bespoke script

    I also remember the dude who made a homebrew app for his DS to control his Canon DSLR for long exposure shots because the alternative was to drag a fat laptop around or buy a $300 Canon PDA.

  • @Tramort@programming.dev
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    1362 months ago

    You start to feel badly for legacy tech manufacturers like Canon.

    Then they do things like this, and suddenly I am happy to see them die.

    You can’t treat your customers with contempt and not expect them to return the sentiment.

    • @Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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      252 months ago

      I have such fond memories of shooting on my old Canon DSLR.
      It’s been 20 years since I bought my last DSLR (life, you know?) and I recently started thinking that maybe I should buy another before they close out the DSLR product line.

      A huge disappointment to see this enshitification.

      • @FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works
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        172 months ago

        There’s a reason mirrorless is here to stay, the autofocus is basically cheat mode compared to a DSLR. I do miss some aspects of the optical viewfinder though.

        • @Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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          142 months ago

          Yeah, I know. And I know there’s way more market demand for mirrorless, as well as simpler mechanicals, so they have less failure points, but do I ever love the sound and that subtle feeling of a mirror slapping up and the shutter flicking out of place.
          The feedback that offers when you capture a photo feels like you’re doing something ‘real’ when you take a photo. Everyone knows that you captured that moment. Those photons are yours forever, trapped in your little art-making box.

          It’s kind of romantic, in a way. I feel like modern tech is great, but tends to be inscrutable.

          • @FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works
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            82 months ago

            Absolutely, while being able to silently capture a 30FPS burst is kinda magic, it just feels wrong. I still shoot with mechanical shutter (at least second curtain), basically for the feels (and the extra bit depth).

            • @KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world
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              32 months ago

              Is mechanical shutter necessary for max bit depth on your camera? It isn’t on mine (Sony), but bit depth reduces to 12 bit if you max out the framerate. You might still be able to get full 14 bit RAWs if you drop the framerate.

      • @Tramort@programming.dev
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        282 months ago

        Well this policy seems like a good way for them to nip that in the bud. Customer contempt is toxic to brand loyalty.

        • @RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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          122 months ago

          I’d be surprised if most people knew or cared, sadly.

          Especially if most big companies are moving in that direction, people get used to the suck and think of it as our new normal.

  • @BigPotato@lemmy.world
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    112 months ago

    I’ve always had Canon. I’ve worked with their professional trainers. C100s, 5Ds, R5… All of them.

    Good thing I’ve also used Nikon and Sony as well. Guess when I finally get sick of the R50 I just use around the house in… Ten years or so I’ll see who in the game isn’t a shit head.

    So, I guess I’ll never buy another camera, eh?

    Even better, let me know if y’all are offloading any good RF glass! I’ll pay bottom dollar!

  • @ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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    382 months ago

    This reminds me of when I tried to buy an insta360 camera, only to learn after the fact that it requires an app to function. And that the app isn’t even compatible with all phones and tablets.

    Maybe it’s buried on the store page somewhere that installing the app is a requirement, but I was pretty annoyed to learn that I had just bought a plastic brick unless I also wanted to upgrade my phone.

    • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      22 months ago

      Same with DJI pocket cameras - you need to use their app and allow it to connect to the internet as part of the out of the box “setup” process.

    • @dan00@lemm.ee
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      72 months ago

      Oh wow…wtf. I was about to buy it, thanks. Is there an alternative?

      • @ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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        32 months ago

        I don’t know, I kind of gave up trying to buy one after the first one didn’t work out. Mapillary recommends the GoPro Max (this was why I was interested), but I couldn’t tell you if it needs an app to work.

  • metaStatic
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    72 months ago

    Sell your glass NOW.

    The old adage that lenses keep their value so you’re only ever really renting them is about to fall off a cliff.

    • Amon
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      332 months ago

      Remember that GNU was founded after RMS had to deal with proprietary software on peripherals

  • Ben Hur Horse Race
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    32 months ago

    I am superior to everyone in the world because I own a Nikon DSLR (its a d60 from like 2010)

  • @Grimm665@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I found a way to use my old Nikon as a webcam using an HDMI capture card. Hooked it up to the camera’s mini HDMI port and wham! had a working webcam!

    But after thirty minutes, it would always switch off the live view, so i was left with a camera feed of the menus. Turns out this is an import restriction so it can be imported as a “still camera” and not a “movie camera” for significantly less taxes.

    Enter some wonderful soul who found a way to hack the firmware to allow live view to stay on continuously, so now it works great as a webcam!