PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

When I was younger, you could read interesting things in comics and read fantastic stories in graphic novels, or sci-fi books from the library. Vehicles that hovered, robotic helpmates and so many other things.

As it relates to photography, what kind of things are possible that don't really exist in our cameras, because of some reason or another? I always thought 35 mm was the standard and that it would be again when digital matured enough. By now, full frame should have been common in point and shoot, and much better systems available for those willing to spend a bit more.

I wonder why things like accurate white balance is left to someone who will use a grey card, or take the time to do a custom white balance.

I wonder why focus is still a major problem for many photographers.

I wonder why exposure is still a long way off from being consistently accurate.

The I turn my eye toward the future, and wonder, just what we would create to make what we consider expensive delicate equipment that we love to use and tinker with, seem like children's toys. Cameras still don't compare to our own eyes. If we could go beyond the common, into an amazing future, just what and how would we build it?

What capabilities can we make our cameras able to achieve? Our sciences may still be too immature to answer that, but should our desires and imaginations fall short too? Yes, I'm thinking out loud again. I shouldn't otta do that do, should I?

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

I find that my cameras focus great but its my hands holding the camera that mess it up.

Sarge69 :thumbup:

PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

How would you make a camera better? What would you like your camera to be able to do?

oldmalky Loc: West Midlands,England.

Read my mind so i could get it to do what i want when i want it.

PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

:) Our wives can't do that with years of being around us now. Sometimes they come close though. That feature might be a bit wishful. :)

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

WOuldn't it be great if you could stick a wire in a receptacle in your arm and get a picture when you blinked your eyes.

:shock: :thumbup: :thumbup:

PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

Like the idea of using our eyes as a capture device. The stick a wire in my arm thing however may
take a lot of warming up to. I've thought it would be nice if we could interface with our biology
and record, access, or augment its capability. Print what you see as still, video, or some other visual reference.

With wireless, why not be able to access libraries of knowledge or even skills by merely letting our desire to
recall it activate the influx of such data. Taking the idea from the realm of thought to one of actuality, will
require more than initiative but finance as well.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

I don't know about the future, but the day my ship comes in, I'll probably be at the airport!!!

PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

Did you want to take pictures at the shipyard, or at the airport? How about simultaneous satellite images from space that you trigger just by blinking and nodding? Now there's a thought. We activate cameras strategically placed to deposit our images to our place of storage. :)

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Funny thing about focus. When I was young and did everything completely manual, and had to think like a photographer, everybody complained that I took so long to focus.....but dangit....it was focussed!!

achammar Loc: Idaho

I was just thinking about this the other day...As far as focus goes (and this isn't way out there I don't think) would be to have a camera fast enough with settings smart enough to take a shot and focus it at a set number of distances at a set number of intervals that you chose. Just as an example, for a camera that has 2 cards, have the second card set to duplicate the first card, but duplicate it maybe 6 times (a number you choose)... 3 times at 1/8" intervals closer (interval that you choose) and 3 times at 1/8" intervals farther. Then if the focus was slightly off on the original, you would at least have a chance of 1 of the other 6 being dead on...
If this ever happens..remember it was my idea and I lost out for not inventing the camera that did it..lol

thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

My analogy to your post. I have a Nikon D7000 that I love, but I miss my Nikon F2. I have a "modern car" but I prefer driving my 22 year old manual shift basic rugged Miata.

When you tool does everything for you it is no longer a tool it is an appliance.

I never (or hardly ever) use my D7000 in Auto Mode. I use it as a tool not an appliance.

achammar Loc: Idaho

Steve:
You know what? I would take the complaints and be glad you got your images in focus. A little bit of extra time focusing is the way to go. I'm glad you took the extra time to get the good photos!

PhotoNoob Loc: Innisfail, Canada

Take the perrrrrrfect picture, no matter how badly i mess up the settings

PhotoStar Loc: Calgary, Alberta

Its a good idea achammar. What you are describing sounds a lot like focus stacking that is used in macro and some other situations. But doing it right in the camera would be a leg up over having to do further post work later.