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Re: [OM] Polaroid's Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera

Subject: Re: [OM] Polaroid's Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:06:11 +0100
I'm with you, Chris. I think this is a solution looking for a problem. I am not 
sure what OS my Leica M8, Pentax K5 or Fuji X100 have, but frankly I don't 
care. It's the image quality that matters.

And what OS does my Fuji GW690 have? I wonder :-)

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Chris Barker wrote:

> Certainly there is a microprocessor in most digital cameras, but my question 
> was about the OS.  What does a particular OS, in the way lauded by Ken, bring 
> to a camera.  Ken is of the opinion that Android will give the camera user 
> apps to use, but it's not a reason for near ecstasy, in my view.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 6 Feb 2012, at 20:27, Moose wrote:
> 
>> Not only all your digital cameras, but any recent cars, TV's, DVD or Blu-Ray 
>> player, audio components, microwave ovens, 
>> toaster ovens, cell and portable phones, cooker, and on and on and on. They 
>> are all controlled by digital processors, 
>> and all run an OS - DOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and so on.
>> 
>> My new Blu-Ray player connects to the web via my WiFi controller and 
>> politely asks when it would like to install an 
>> update. Now if I can just figure out how to do the WiFi streaming of videos 
>> from my desktop. So many settings, so few 
>> brain cells to lose ...
>> 
>> Moose OS
>> 
>> On 2/6/2012 11:56 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> They all use some version of DOS for the FAT32 file system.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/6/2012 2:02 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>>> Hmmm,
> 
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