Maxdamantus | btw, the pointing thing is what I do on N900 .. I suspect I'd do the same with any camera | 00:00 |
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brolin_empey | Maxdamantus: Which Canon camera? My dedicated camera is a Canon PowerShot G6. | 07:19 |
brolin_empey | Apparently most of the smartphone makers, including Nokia, felt they needed a touch screen to compete with Apple after the introduction of the original iPhone or iPhone 3G. | 07:23 |
Maxdamantus | brolin_empey: EOS 1200D | 07:25 |
Maxdamantus | It just seems like unless the camera is already fixed, it'd be easier to just point and focus rather than touch a particular place on the screen. | 07:28 |
Maxdamantus | and if it is fixed, I imagine you're probably adjusting the focus manually anyway. | 07:29 |
Maxdamantus | (fixed as in on a tripod or something, so you're not able to freely point the camera) | 07:32 |
inz | Max, at least on 350D and 50D it is possible to choose an AF point | 07:32 |
Maxdamantus | Okay, I suspect you can probably do it on the 1200D then too. | 07:33 |
Maxdamantus | but those points are still a bit more limited than a touchscreen. | 07:33 |
DocScrutinizer05 | most cheaper compact cameras have center focus and no touchscreen | 10:57 |
DocScrutinizer05 | even the better compact cameras do, sometimes with a selection of 2 or 3 focus types (center, multipoint, object detection...). E.G my Fujifilm XQ1 has no touchscreen either. Why would smartphones *need* a touchscreen to do autofocus? | 11:00 |
KotCzarny | marketing | 11:00 |
KotCzarny | ;) | 11:00 |
DocScrutinizer05 | nah, that's so "how did mankind manage to not die from starvation before caviar been discovered?" | 11:02 |
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