Arsenal - The future, or just another gimmick ?

wev

wev

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I'd have to teach all the birds to hold still long enough for it to set up a picture. I think this is pretty much a static shot sort of toy.

I'd also need to buy a cell phone, but that's a different matter
 
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Lawrence

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Saw it on my FB feed.
Another form of auto
Not for me besides taking away the fun/challenge of getting the settings right there is way too much reliance on a phone and I don't even like using my phone for calling.
But it is clever and I am sure there will be takers
 
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Ironwood

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Looks like I am not the only one that doesnt like phones :)
I have been given an old iphone-4 hand-me-down, much to my wifes disgust, I never carry it. I hate the damn things.
 
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spb_stan

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I like it. Good idea, will sell well if the price is reasonable. The focus stacking and exposure stacking will simplify the process for those who are more casual shooters but want some of the more complex shooting styles. They set a goal of $50k but have raised $1.4m. Hope they get the packaging and software bugs worked out, seems like it is 75-80% there so they can hire packaging engineers and usability designers for the UI.
It is going to sell. a similar but less sophisticated technique of photo referencing from a database is used by Nikon on Matrix metering and that works surprisingly well for routine shots.
The time lapse and macro focus stacking might be worth it to me but for the things I shoot, most of the fun of shooting is in taking full control myself. But as a business and product, I think it is cool and will appeal to a lot of shooters. Imagine the effectiveness for remote shooting such as drones or remote animal or bird sanctuaries for getting nesting birds or animal dens without human presence. I can think of a lot of uses that people would have for it.
 
ejronin

ejronin

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I saw this a few times and like most, feel that while it could be fun in a gadget sort of way I also feel there's not a real problem it solves. In fact, I think it exacerbates an existing issue: fear of skill acquisition.

Basically, I see this as for someone that wants to take the kind of shots taken by Linde Waidhofer but just doesn't have the time to learn how or isn't patient enough, driven enough, or even exploratory enough to develop style to create something and would rather have it created for them.

While I agree that as spb_stan imagines, the application of the device in areas where humans would disrupt the environment may be great, but this isn't being marketed in or around that audience and that application would be rare. Most of the drone photography will be internalized by the manufacturers themselves until that aspect of photography / videography comes further out of the niche side (which its successfully doing right now)
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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ejronin said:
I saw this a few times and like most, feel that while it could be fun in a gadget sort of way I also feel there's not a real problem it solves. In fact, I think it exacerbates an existing issue: fear of skill acquisition.

Basically, I see this as for someone that wants to take the kind of shots taken by Linde Waidhofer but just doesn't have the time to learn how or isn't patient enough, driven enough, or even exploratory enough to develop style to create something and would rather have it created for them.
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Could not agree more... Quoted for Great Truth.
 
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tjlaswell

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I try astrophotography sometimes. I would use this for time-lapse and long exposure (30+ minutes). There are probably cheaper ways to accomplish this or if I upgraded to a D7200 I might have more options.

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