Gisle Hannemyr wrote:

"J Zawrotny" writes:
I'm quite curious as to how the wireless connectivity is going to
pan out. Could be an added power-drain, but how great would it be
to finish firing the last frame of a shoot and have all your photos
already sitting on your PC?

That would be nice - but a bit of an overkill?

This feature is squarely aimed at newspapers that have their PJs out
"in the field" covering breaking news or scheduled sports events. With
the improved wireless connectivity, they can have the image at their
picture desk only seconds after the PJ has pressed the shutter.

One scary thought about that. If the editor is then the sole individual who
chooses the images, is there really much need for talent from the
photojournalist? Many news events could almost be covered in a sweeping and
careless P&S manner, letting the editor figure it all out at the office.

I suppose another potential future development would be a remote wireless
shutter for the editor as well. That way the photojournalist on location
merely points the camera, but the editor chooses when to fire the shutter.

This is turning news still imagery into the model adopted by video news.
Quite often video sourced motion imagery is fed directly by uplink. Often
there is also taped video, or direct to hard drive on newer cameras, and
still some need of editing. Anyway, the scary part about video is that the
skill of the operator was seen as less of a requirement by some management,
and at some places has become a least common denominator service position,
with a questionable future.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
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