Radical ideas needed to outdo cameraphones  Started Jul 31, 2012
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Flat view Andrew Butterfield Senior MemberPosts: 2,402Gear list
Radical ideas needed to outdo cameraphones Jul 31, 2012  Some
camera makers seem to be realising that they have to find ways
to differentiate their consumer products from cameraphones.  But
really, they're not thinking that hard if you ask me. Fast
lenses and zoom lenses seem to be about the only things they've
come up with so far. And now Nokia has shown you can use a huge
sensor to provide zoom, things are looking even more precarious
for the compact camera.  So I'm surprised we haven't seen some
more radical thinking.  Camera makers are a bit stuck. They
think they can't make a camera that doesn't have a huge LCD on
the back, for instance. But who really needs that? Get rid of
the LCD and the camera could be a more useful shape and size,
and there would be more room for better controls. Many
photographers would be happy