08-02-2020 06:49 AM
08-02-2020 12:00 PM
@livestreamer wrote:
5G is coming, and so is livestreaming.
Please can future versions of the EOS R include a SIM Card Slot so that the device can connect to a 5G mobile internet relayers, and stream uncompressed 4K with Stereo Audio.
Now *that* would be quite something.
No more cables, no more WiFi, no more BlackMagic, no more Sony.
No, Canon, please don't. Some (many?) of us are getting fed up with the added size, weight, and cost of cameras with features useful only to those shooting video. By all means, start making smaller and cheaper video cameras (if it's technically feasible to do so), but please stop foisting these "improvements" on still photographers.
08-02-2020 01:54 PM
Bob,
I'm glad you brought it up. Have to say that I agree with you. Let's keep still image cameras focused on taking pictures and camcorders focused on full power video.
If my DSLR can do some video, great, but I don't need 8K in a still camera. Now maybe a R5 could have been been $3400 (like it should have been from the get go). I'd much rather have GPS, but power is still an issue for mirrorless.
Wirelss streaming sounds like a great feature for a camcorder, but not something most professional still image photographers would want or even need at this juncture.
~Rick
Bay Area - CA
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08-02-2020 05:15 PM - edited 08-02-2020 05:18 PM
@livestreamer wrote:
5G is coming, and so is livestreaming.
Please can future versions of the EOS R include a SIM Card Slot so that the device can connect to a 5G mobile internet relayers, and stream uncompressed 4K with Stereo Audio.
Now *that* would be quite something.
No more cables, no more WiFi, no more BlackMagic, no more Sony.
Believe it or not, it has been tried before and it flopped. Samsung introduced their Galaxy Camera [in 2012]. It was a resounding failure, which probably explains why marjor camera manufacturers have not gone down that path.
It flopped because it was too big. More accurately, it was too thick to fit your pocket.
08-02-2020 05:30 PM
08-02-2020 06:03 PM
@livestreamer wrote:
@Waddizzle it's not the same thing.
Putting a better camera in a smartphone is one thing.
Actually, it is the same thing. Adding a SIM chip to a camera so it can connect to phone networks makes it a smartphone.
08-02-2020 06:05 PM
@Waddizzle wrote:
@livestreamer wrote:
@Waddizzle it's not the same thing.
Putting a better camera in a smartphone is one thing.Actually, it is the same thing. Adding a SIM chip to a camera so it can connect to phone networks makes it a smartphone.
Besides, do you have any idea how much extra cost that would add to the cost of a camera? Hundreds, is my guess.
08-05-2020 10:03 AM
08-05-2020 08:21 AM
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