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Even with nicer glass in dedicated cameras, they will likely never have the software features that phone cameras do. Like "night shot" on Android for example. I'd love to see something like Android auto for cameras, because camera companies traditionally suck at software. Let me buy a box of glass and a sensor from Sony or Nikon, but it interconnect with my phone for any brains it needs.


Sony actually did this with the PlayMemories stuff - the Alpha cameras run on Linux with an Android subsystem that allows for "apps". However they completely and utterly botched the implementation - no way for third parties to write apps on their own, and their own apps were all pay-only. So they took it out in the latest Alpha 7 series - and with it, unfortunately, also the jailbreak ability which means one cannot unlock the video recording length any more.


> Like "night shot"

New sensors have amazing iso ranges, with a sony A7s you don't need magic AI/ML shenanigans to make it look good. Android night mode is amazing but it won't produce images you'll share outside of instagram, and even then the image quality takes a hit, it's more like a good security camera than a proper camera.

https://gizmodo.com/night-shooting-with-the-a7s-mark-ii-damn...




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