Comments on: Stanford’s Open Source Camera Project

By: Scott Erwin

Scott Erwin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:59:04 +0000

i'm surprised that camera makers haven't come up with a option that would give photographers more post processing in camera, with things like iphone and all the apps out there now for that, putting something like a iphone and digital camera together would make perfect sense and would be out of this world for creativity and the future of photographic artist! don't you think its about time for camera makers to take notice to whats going on in much smaller equipment out there and blending it all together to make super camera, i tell you what, these people are on the right track and this defiantly has a place in this world. keep up the great work!

By: Scott Erwin

Scott Erwin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:59:04 +0000

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By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:56:49 +0000

I like the idea of being able to swap out parts without too much hassle, like the Red cameras promise, and I like the idea of being able to manipulate the focus, but I doubt in-camera processing will be too popular. Post processing is all about tweaking, especially for effects like blending different exposures together, there's no single magic formula that works for all images in all conditions. Even for pros on the move, like journos, the LCD will not provide enough detail for them to establish what processing has been successful and what hasn't. Cameras already provide some basic post processing, like contrast, sharpening and very basic b&w conversion, beyond that I think people, especially at the level this camera will cost, will want more control.

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By: Sam Smoker

Sam Smoker — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:42:09 +0000

I wouldn't mind having GIMP built right into my camera, but I would still do most post-processing on the computer. It would be great to be able to run unsharp mask or tweak the contrast on a few "maybe" photos when the memory card is filling up, but the big screen and fast processor of a computer makes it best for me.

Also, open sourcing good camera software would even out the market and cut prices.

I have to admit that the apps would be cool...if you had wifi everywhere. Unless you are a street photographer, are you normally to be at a location with wireless internet? Plus, if you post-process your photos on a computer, what use will a wifi camera be? And don't say 3G, upload speed is painfully slow. You would need more like 8G at the rate mobile speed is increasing. More effects would be nice, however.

This sounds interesting, but parts of it are 90-100% useless.

By: DocDelete

DocDelete — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:58:54 +0000

Ah, but there's the rub: in the world of DSLR, sensor quality is king.

Speaking as a keen amateur, I'd much rather post-process, and have a camera devoid of bells'n'whistles but with a kick-ass sensor. And I think you'll find most DSLR consumers have the same desire.

I'm sure there's a market for this kind of soft-camera, especially at the point'n'shoot end of the market - where common consumers value a few key special FX processes within the camera - but not at the DSLR level, UNLESS a suitable (and cheap?) sensor could be sourced.

Until that point this project must remain an interesting, but crippled, geek toy.

By: zuco

zuco — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:50:17 +0000

Great idea, I hope that this project will continue, of course economical resources are needed to achieve such a project.
I'm thinking about the idea to download software into the camera. This will open the possibility to create a photo scripting language that people can download or create their own scripts to perform batch operations on their photos.

For example I would love to have a function button to perform exactly what I want or just change the configuration of some buttons to perform different functions.
For example in a Nikon D200 I can create for configuration sets from A to D but I can not trigger these sets from the function button.
So just imagine the possibilities of a camera that let us perform any configuration, from "remap" our buttons, create configuration sets, convert formats, send only the pictures with ISO less than 500 and F1.4 to some email account and rename them as IMG_500_F1.4_1.JPG or whatever... just imagination, everything could be possible.

What about proprietary RAW formats? A camera like this could incorporate the DNG format, PNG and so forth...

It's too nice to be true? I don't know, maybe. Let's see what happen.

Great post and great blog.

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