Canon Unveils Unprecedented "Analog Concept Camera"

[Pieter12]

In the larger scheme of things, less than a handful.

I hope not.

 

[wiltw]

And by "disqualifier," what do you mean? That is doesn't meet your needs? Fine. Can your camera send email and make phone calls? Right now, a smartphone cannot do everything a camera can but it can do many things that cameras are commonly used for, with sufficient quality for most purposes. And it fits in a shirt pocket (well, a big shirt pocket). Given a bit more time, I'm sure much more capability will be added.

As I already said, "Don't get me wrong...there are times when I have found that the smartphone in 'PHD' mode can outshoot what I can do with a dSLR on first trial! But there are many things my dSLR can allow me to do, that I would struggle to do with the smartphone. Like any tools, there is a right one and a wrong one for a particular situation!"

 

[Pieter12]

My issue with smartphones as cameras, as well as mirrorless cameras, is I am quite adverse to EVFs or holding a screen a foot away to compose and shoot a photo.

 

[warden]

In the case of the motion picture, could the iPhone cinematographer preset focus points A and B and have the phone refocus on demand between the two points during filming of a scene?! And do that for take after take?!
'In certain situations' can be a disqualifier!

You can certainly switch focus between A,B,C manually or automatically with tracking on the fly while filming in cinematic mode. It’s a lot of fun too. That doesn’t make it the professional’s choice of course but the tools built modern phones are amazing.

 

[wiltw]

You can certainly switch focus between A,B,C manually or automatically with tracking on the fly while filming in cinematic mode. It’s a lot of fun too. That doesn’t make it the professional’s choice of course but the tools built modern phones are amazing.

I am impressed!

 

[gbroadbridge]

I hope not.

Most professional photographers these days let the camera do the heavy lifting.

It's only very specialised photography, and of course the amateur/hobbyist market who generally shoot RAW. It's a bit like film in that respect.
Adobe and other add on vendors love them of course.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

And by "disqualifier," what do you mean? That is doesn't meet your needs? Fine. Can your camera send email and make phone calls? Right now, a smartphone cannot do everything a camera can but it can do many things that cameras are commonly used for, with sufficient quality for most purposes. And it fits in a shirt pocket (well, a big shirt pocket). Given a bit more time, I'm sure much more capability will be added.

smartphones can produce image quality equal to a DSLR/Mirrorless camera. I have a solo show up on the wall right now where I have some images shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max (two generations out of date) that I shot in RAW mode, out the window of a plane. They're printed 30x40 inches. Unless I told you which ones were shot with the phone you wouldn't know.