Originally posted by d.bradley The simple question remains: Will this be the end of still photography as we know it?
It may devalue it a little here and there. The article talks about the bear catching the fish. Hold the button for as long as it takes and then let go when you have what you want, then take the best frame. Getting the shot used to be part luck, part skill. Now it is neither. Well, both, but to a lesser degree. I think the extraordinary will become more ordinary. But it will mostly be in the realm of lomography or its ilk... snapshots. A camera cannot confer "vision."
How will all of this capability take away from that one well composed still photograph that does not rely on timing, but rather relies on the artistic sensibilities of the shooter... that one shot that says... something... whatever... to whomever? It cannot and will not. A buffoon with one of these cameras will still not get great shots any more than (s)he can or will with current equipment.
I can buy a really, really, really fast car. And you know what? It will get me from Munich to Innsbruck really, really, really fast. Yet think of all the beautiful vistas that will be lost to me along the way. Nope. I'll take an average car and make the trip in a week if you don't mind. Thanks!
It will not be the end of still photography as WE know it. It WILL be a distraction however.
woof!