Has Nikon Developed this technology?
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If the capability in question is moving an image from camera to phone to web, I imagine any of the WiFi capable DSLRs or any with a WiFi adapter or Eye-Fi card would be able to accomplish the feat.
Edited to add: The phone (tablet) would need an app that could communicate to the camera.
Edited to add: The phone (tablet) would need an app that could communicate to the camera.
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
My D7100 can send to phone and then be shared.
Browncoat
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Nikon (and all the other camera manufacturers) should've jumped on the wi-fi bandwagon 5 years ago. The compact camera is basically dead and obsolete because smartphone cameras are so good. Today's photography is about sharing, and they all missed the boat on it completely.
Think about it. All the technology we have in these cameras, and wireless isn't standard yet?
Think about it. All the technology we have in these cameras, and wireless isn't standard yet?
I think you are correct. The camera manufacturers may really lose out financially as a result of their delay. Smartphone iso capability, images, frame rates, and wifi ability has really taken off. As a result many people no longer feel a need to purchase cameras or images for vacations, nights out at the club, etc. People now would rather use their smartphone or tablet. I see this at sporting events, the zoo, everywhere when people previously felt th need to purchase a camera. I feel the camera manufactures have really missed a financial opportunity due to their delay in developing wifi technology.
As a start the HTC One Q1010i and the iPhone 5s have an aperture of 2.0.
Browncoat
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Oh, they've been losing out for years. The latest numbers show just how abysmal sales of compact cameras have been. The industry as a whole shipped about 40% fewer cameras in 2013 as they did in 2012. The biggest hit is the compact camera segment.
It's safe to say they missed the bus. There's no point in a pocket-sized camera anymore.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
My iPhone 5s takes great photos. If you take them into Photoshop you can really do wonders with them. As good as my D7100? No way. But in a pinch they are great.
BackdoorArts
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With an adapter or EyeFi card, but not out of the box, right?
sonicbuffalo_RIP
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I don't think Nikon has slipped one by you Jake...mine doesn't send to a phone w/out an adapter or eye-fi....that I know of....I must have missed that spec.
Glevum Owl
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One of the reasons I like the D3300 is the option to add a WiFi widget at a later date.
The 'smartphone killing the compact' argument is pretty obvious to everyone except the camera manufacturers.
Nokia's high end phones already shoot photos in DNG format and last year Google announced future RAW capability in the Android OS. And they've already revamped their API for developers to start taking advantage of that.
Even today my non-RAW Chinese THL W200 phone takes pictures good enough for posting online and the occasional 6x4 print.
The main 'family' camera is a Canon S90 compact set to shoot RAW. Until fairly recently I wouldn't have thought twice about replacing it with the latest version, the S120 or a pocketable Coolpix camera if the need arose. Now I'd be more inclined to put the £200/300 towards a Lumia or make do until a RAW android handset appeared.
The 'smartphone killing the compact' argument is pretty obvious to everyone except the camera manufacturers.
Nokia's high end phones already shoot photos in DNG format and last year Google announced future RAW capability in the Android OS. And they've already revamped their API for developers to start taking advantage of that.
Even today my non-RAW Chinese THL W200 phone takes pictures good enough for posting online and the occasional 6x4 print.
The main 'family' camera is a Canon S90 compact set to shoot RAW. Until fairly recently I wouldn't have thought twice about replacing it with the latest version, the S120 or a pocketable Coolpix camera if the need arose. Now I'd be more inclined to put the £200/300 towards a Lumia or make do until a RAW android handset appeared.
Horoscope Fish
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I've really tried to like the mirror-less format but, for whatever reason, I just don't. On paper I'm in love the feature set (all those focus points! speeding-bullet auto-focus! silent shutter!) and all the amazing, whizz bang technology they pack. As soon as I hold one, though, much less start shooting with one, *BAM* all the love evaporates. For me, I think there's a certain visceral aspect to shooting photography with a DSLR that maybe I wasn't even aware of... Not until it was gone.
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Browncoat
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I agree, Fish...with one glaring exception: the Fuji x100s.
I've been admiring it from afar for awhile now, but finally had a chance to shoot with one for a few days. If I'm being perfectly honest, the Fuji x100s leaves me with some serious doubts about my future with Nikon. Let me put it this way, if I were just starting out today, this is the camera I would buy.
Some have labeled the x100s as the "DSLR Killer", and there is some merit to it in my opinion. It is an outstanding camera.
I've been admiring it from afar for awhile now, but finally had a chance to shoot with one for a few days. If I'm being perfectly honest, the Fuji x100s leaves me with some serious doubts about my future with Nikon. Let me put it this way, if I were just starting out today, this is the camera I would buy.
Some have labeled the x100s as the "DSLR Killer", and there is some merit to it in my opinion. It is an outstanding camera.
Horoscope Fish;332434On paper I'm in love the feature set (all those focus points! [COLOR=#ffffff said:
On a DSLR, focus points are special phase shift hardware sensors in the viewfinder. On mirrorless (no viewfinder), it can only examine ordinary image pixels in the digital image, and a computer has to experiment with focus looking for contrast differences.
And if without an honest focal plane shutter, I would image blooming would be an issue again.
Glevum Owl
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Just moved to a Nikon DSLR after three years using a Micro 4/3 Panasonic G3 with a bunch of lenses. It's definitely not all its cracked up to be. Getting good results was hard work and the focus speed varies widely from lens to lens. WayneF's comment re: phase focusing is spot on too.
I've seen images produced by the Fuji x100s and they are jaw dropping. It's the price I baulk at.
I've seen images produced by the Fuji x100s and they are jaw dropping. It's the price I baulk at.
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