He is talking about it sort of from a web-journalist's point of view. And I think the new chimera of good cameras with small android tablets will be just the thing for that. They will be able to take pro-quality images and videos under most conditions, and can immediately process and post/send the results.
Something like the Sony RX100 (a shirt-pocket-sized camera with big results even in low light) with a bigger screen and Android (or even iOS, dare to dream) would be exceedingly useful for many.
(Not for me though, I should add. Well it might be, but I like the shirt-pocket size of the RX100, and I prefer to more carefully edit photos on a real computer before posting them.)
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I learned to take photos on a fixed focus twin lens reflex camera (no-name generic aka "Cheap"). Eventually, you learn to get good photos within the limits of your tool(s).
I think it is analogous to present cell phone cameras. I now carry a smartphone and am quite happy with the photos: yes, I can do better with a "real" camera, but I have the phone with me almost always, and not a camera. Also, if it looks like a camera, people react: they ignore a phone.
The key, as always, is to know and master the limits of the tool you have with you. Blaming the lack of a better tool (camera) says more about your skill than the quality of the tool.
Indeed. The article has some words about those upsides to phones.
I would not be surprised to see a full android version of a Samsung NX pretty soon...or a smaller, large sensor fixed lens version.
http://www.samsung.com/us/photography/interchangeable-lens
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