Rebuffed because of RAW alone makes no sense. Everyone knows tablets can't really do RAW and choke on large file processing.
Originally posted by falconeye Scientifically, it is called Ubiquitous computing.
I agree with this, but my sense from the PC market is they see little growth ahead, and much of that is on the biz side, not the home side.
If I have to buy a heavy iron PC to use my DSLR it's the DSLR that has a problem because it's the reliant one. The PC doesn't need the camera like the camera needs the PC.
The K-500/50 and Q-7 all still rely on the PC. Eye-Fi card is not going to cut it. Opportunity missed for Pentax. Who is going to pay $60 more for WiFi when the smartphone/tablet does it for free? Wi-fi is a $7 chip for pity's sake and $10 worth of sunk once software development.
I dislike the post-PC era quip because it's not true. Desktop PC's are no longer going to be the main driver of the CPU market, but they're not going away.
Cameras need to be as ubiquitous as the CPU market. They are, after all, just another CPU with an optic attached.
Originally posted by IchabodCrane Maybe Adobe is putting their toes into the subscription model concept because they see the heavy computing part of digital darkrooms moving from the user's equipment to the server. This partially circumvents the need for an ever-expanding capability of tablets, etc.
Adobe moved to subscription because Photoshop is now enterprise/agency software and they will keep their revenues with those users. Anyone below that is a problem because of the $0.99 app, piracy, and the competition.
Adobe is willing to ditch many customers to keep the few high-paying ones. They really have no choice. Photoshop was always a print-oriented software package for the publishing industry. Web homogeneity erased a lot of PS's raison d'etre. PS is overkill for many users and Adobe is deliberately fracturing their market to make sure they stay revenue healthy. Smart but risky move. I wonder if Adobe will actually be less attentive to customers once they've locked them in. I think that's the inevitable firestorm.
PS. I recently had a meeting with a civil engineer about a major construction project. He no longer takes a laptop to sites. It's an iPad. It takes photos, dictation, and spot notes. He still outputs reports in MS Office, but not for long he thinks. The desktop/laptops of his engineering firm will only handle CAD duties in the future. Client time sheets and accounting has already moved offsite through cloud services. We did talk photos briefly because, frankly, his shots were kind of lousy at details, and he did wish for a better camera. I got to thinking if his iPad was in his briefcase while his camera was free to shoot with better detail, wirelessly connected to the iPad, he'd have bought a camera. So all I see is one less camera sale because the camera tech is behind the times. The Japanese manufacturers are stuck in their own little world these days.