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Apple iShot?
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When I saw "iShot" I thought that maybe apple was done with iapps. Oh well. I don't see why they'd want to make a digital camera. I guess they used to make printers. They could make scanners and cameras too. Seems a little odd to me. I won't buy one unless it comes attached to an iPod (I've seen every other rumor about them, haven't you?).
Jim
Jim
Apple Camera REAL ONE
Apple did issue a Digital cam back in 1994 it was called the Quicktake, Wanna se it, go here
http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9403cdi.html
Apple did issue a Digital cam back in 1994 it was called the Quicktake, Wanna se it, go here
http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9403cdi.html
iShot--apple's venture into the world of firearms--or alternately, bob marley songs--iShot the sheriff (but not the deputy)
iSnap--better, but i still think of mental patients. i mean, especially for apple. snapping is something that a lot of 150-170 IQ people do. and you know about that IQ and Apple users
. it's hard to name a camera well with an i.
iShutterbug (shudder)
iFlash (oh dear god!)
iCam (i can too!)
i think the issue lies in the "Film" rather than in the "i." when i think of film, i think of a movie, really, these days. there's no film involved in a digital camera. i guess you could still call it "film," just to harken back to the "good ol' days" of analog photography, but that doesn't (to me) strike the "convenience" chord you probably want in an "ease of use" product to pair with iPhoto. in all honesty, though, i'd rather not see apple venture into this venue.
But then again, what does "pod" have to do with music?
It doesn't matter to me if Apple enters this market, as long as they do it well and as innovatively and creatively as they have with other products (iPod, iMac, etc.) then there's a very good chance of them slicing out a piece of the pie for themselves.
It doesn't matter to me if Apple enters this market, as long as they do it well and as innovatively and creatively as they have with other products (iPod, iMac, etc.) then there's a very good chance of them slicing out a piece of the pie for themselves.
I agree. It would be better for them to not make any digital cameras/camcorders. I'm sure they would be too expensive for the "ease of use" crowd, and too automatic for the "pro" group. They also would probably get some low-end stock stuff from canon/sony/ect. Anyway, I'm fine with my Canon S230 and Sony camcorder.
lol, that would be incredible, i must admit. a 6 megapixel digital camera with a 5 GB 1.8 inch drive and a firmware that could fly through your photo library... what is that, about 950 6 megapixel shots? dang, that would go for 1500-2000$ at least, though.
the only problem i see is, do you think the graphic renderer could make it scroll through that big of a library fast enough (with thumbnails)? i would think something like that would need a really big cache of thumbnails loaded into a rather large RAM. i am seeing a need for a BIG lithium polymer batter on this thing. what do you think?
i have no idea, i thinking more creative right now then technically possible. I'm sure scrolling large color pictures would take a lot to accomplish, because it takes a second to switch pictures on my elph 230, so imagine scrolling wouldnt be that easy.
iJon
I understand. but maybe they could manage, say, a 2-3 MB RAM-type cache and hold little ~4-6 KB thumbnails of each. that would make access pretty fast. as far as, say, actually displaying them, maybe it could be sped up by decreasing to grayscale during actual scrolling. ultimately, i bet it would need a pretty expensive embedded chip.
My dream Apple camera
The usual classy Apple/Ives look and feel, clear/white/chrome. A superb battery life (possibly requiring two batteries), so that it can have a large colour LCD. This would also allow it to be used as a portable media player.
It would have a internal bay, or an external clip so that an iPod could be slotted in for additional storage. A change could be made to the iPod software so the photos/clips could be previewed (albeit at low res in b/w) on the iPod when it's not attached.
Bonus points if it had Bluetooth/Airport and Rendevous, so it could upload the photos/clips when within range of my home machine...
Well, I did say my *dream* camera..
Mike.
The usual classy Apple/Ives look and feel, clear/white/chrome. A superb battery life (possibly requiring two batteries), so that it can have a large colour LCD. This would also allow it to be used as a portable media player.
It would have a internal bay, or an external clip so that an iPod could be slotted in for additional storage. A change could be made to the iPod software so the photos/clips could be previewed (albeit at low res in b/w) on the iPod when it's not attached.
Bonus points if it had Bluetooth/Airport and Rendevous, so it could upload the photos/clips when within range of my home machine...
Well, I did say my *dream* camera..
Mike.
This wouldn't be so hard, really. I have a Minolta DImage 7i and it scrolls threw the pics as fast as one can push the buttons. Also if you needed it to be really fast the camera could just create a small thumbnail DB of each shot, this would take very little space on the memory card.
While I recognize that there is no such product in the works (as far as we can tell), I have to chime in on the name ideas that have been put up on the board.
If Apple were to come out with a digital camera, why not call it the "iPhoto Camera"?
That way you make it really clear that it's a camera and a program on the computer, it will help to bring them together in people's minds.
It would just have to be played up that the iPhoto program works with the iPhoto Camera AND lots of other ones too, so people don't think the two require one another.
If Apple were to come out with a digital camera, why not call it the "iPhoto Camera"?
That way you make it really clear that it's a camera and a program on the computer, it will help to bring them together in people's minds.
It would just have to be played up that the iPhoto program works with the iPhoto Camera AND lots of other ones too, so people don't think the two require one another.
Wouldn't it have made more sense for Apple to call its camera iPhoto and the iPhoto program something more like iView or Album. I mean its the camera that takes the photos and you use iPhoto to view them. I like how they use the generic names for programs like Mail and Address Book. Album or Photo Album would fit right in. Besides isn't the "i" thing getting a little stale?