roguewave Posted September 4, 2009 Share #21 Posted September 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Nobody is taking the pleasure of photography away, Frankinwave, thanks for the post. I have friends in a lab in NYC that are doing much the same thing, but with some really cool additions, like dynamic focal length & dof... I guess I just hang with different people. I'm on the street with many others having fun. Enjoying good company & exploring places I've never been to. It's still the wonder & discovery that drives my interest. Must agree that there's no difference for me if I'm in a darkroom using all sorts of handmade tools to dodge & burn or at the console dialing in to the secrets of Photoshop. Both are just tools & techniques for our imagination. Thanks for the link & keep pumping out all that mystery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 Hi roguewave, Take a look here Frankencamera not the m9 is the future. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Lucklik Posted September 4, 2009 Share #22 Posted September 4, 2009 If they can make an open-source model work for camera firmware, then that would be a huge advantage for smaller firms like Leica. Features like menu support for lens identification could have been done for free by opensource contributors - not to mention the scope for innovation. I'm convinced Leica (and it's users) would have a big advantage with opensourcing the software. Almost everything I use on my iMac and Linux PC is opensource. The quality is great and improving. Imagine a Digilux 2 with opensource. There would now be features which were not there at the start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 4, 2009 Share #23 Posted September 4, 2009 Almost everything I use on my iMac and Linux PC is opensource. Apple OS X is open source? I'm aware that it uses some open source components, but I hadn't realised Apple had made the whole OS open source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krabat Posted September 5, 2009 Share #24 Posted September 5, 2009 A nice thing for IT or engineer students to play with. However, even if you are creating a new camera software, you still need a camera, which means a lens, a sensor, ans so on. So I cannot see any advatage over existing and commercially available cameras. Honestly, who of us is exploiting EVERY option a modern camera software is offering? In the end, still the rule applies that aperture, exposure time and focussing are the three essentials for a photograph, which can be perfectly covered by an existing camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 5, 2009 Share #25 Posted September 5, 2009 In the end, still the rule applies that aperture, exposure time and focussing are the three essentials for a photograph... Well, apart from lighting and composition <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chkphoto Posted September 5, 2009 Share #26 Posted September 5, 2009 I'll repost the below link: Technology Review: Photo Future Algorithms, Algorithms, Algorithms... Technology has provided the means to produce photos that are technically heads and shoulders above what the lowly Kodak Instamatic could ever produce. There are many more good photos posted every day on the net. But which ones will rise above the rest, if any, to become a timeless visual icon? And the big question is, just what are we going to with all these photos? Are they just going to take up server space, or will they have some impact to future generations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krabat Posted September 5, 2009 Share #27 Posted September 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, apart from lighting and composition <grin>. Yes of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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