Quote: No, it isn't. Wifi. Wifi. Wifi. They need wifi and a 'publish' button. No 'embedded' web browser required. How many phones have an 'embedded' web browser? I thought they were all software, myself.
Browsers are software, and even a small publish button will need a web browser to function, and will need constant security patches, protocol updates, etc. It will also need an operating system to handle such boring details as tcp/ip, NAT punch through, etc, which will also need to be routinely patched. You'd better make sure that OS is Linux + gnome/x based though, because otherwise you'll need to write your own OS and GUI, and write/maintain your own browser code (which will need to be kept up to date with the ever changing randomness of Facebook/Flickr/Instagram/snap chat GUIs and protocols).
Should be easy right? You only need all of that for a publish button. If Mozilla or Google can hire a dev team of 1000+ to do it, why can't pentax?
Of course, there are some alternatives that are completely unacceptable.
1. Use that terrible protocol that was designed to transfer files wirelessly between devices, Bluetooth.
2. Add wifi support to your device, and I don't know, make the device act as a html based web server so that other devices can talk to it (using their browser). I don't know, by doing that they could maybe get away without needing an OS, or web browser, or any GUI Libs, or software patches. They could even maybe do cool things like let you change camera settings, and let you take a shot wirelessly.
3. Do the same as 2, but simply pay a 3rd party to add support for you.
They could add a Bluetooth support in a few hundred lines of code, wifi support in maybe 150,000 lines; 3rd party support in zero lines; but a simple publish button would only take 20,000,000 lines of code that would need to be constantly patched.
It beggars belief why Ricoh would choose the 3rd party option over a publish button. It simply defies all logic.
Quote: Which is why a facebook DSLR should have wifi.
If you have ever wondered why software engineering is a stressful job, it's because non-technical folk are afflicted with a condition I like to call 'optimism'. You can tell these people a mile off, because they have these catch phrases that always start their sentences, things like:
"Surely it must be easy to..."
"It can't be that hard to..."
"All they need to do is...."
If you find yourself saying those words, you are not an engineer, you are simply afflicted with a bad case of optimism.
Quote: The kiddies outnumber you, and you should want THEM to pay for your DSLR obsession.
Most first time buyers of dslr's or milc's I've known, have either just become parents, or are about to embark on a once in a lifetime holiday. Anyone between the age of 18 and 30 are more concerned with earning enough money to pay the rent.
I for one think the k-s1 is a decent camera. The cost is a little high at the moment, but it will fall once the current stock of k50/k500/k5 bodies are sold off in the run up to Christmas. I'll probably pick one up early next year (20mp, no AA, good viewfinder, why the hell not?).
I find it amusing that so many people here are saying "I don't want a stylish camera, I'm not fashion conscious, therefore I won't buy it because it's not my style". The irony.