Originally posted by lytrytyr From the article:
"negative shutter lag is possible—that is, the camera records images even before the photographer presses the shutter button."
So in the creation of the ultimate camera, the photographer can now be removed along with the mirror!
I believe iPhones work that way. The camera is constantly collecting images, and then the photographer tells it which moment is 'the' moment. The iPhone or other control then constructs 'the photo' from what it has collected; if motion is involved, it might just record the image closest to when the shutter was pressed, but it could also do a form of HDR. The photographer is selecting the view and the moment, but this enables the camera's intelligence to make the best image it can.