On Aug 10, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > I know there are many IT types on the List. I was reading about > cameras running on a standard OS like Android. I'm curious about your > thoughts on this.
You mean like the gazillion android phones and tablets that all have cameras? I'm not so sure that Android is the right choice. I also don't know as if camera companies would want their firmware on a standard OS where users could have a chance of reverse engineering and adding their own improvements. How many of the features in the K-5 rather than the K-r are software only, and could be added to the cheaper platform if someone had a decent chance of reverse engineering, or rewriting the firmware? yes, it can be done now, but it's a lot more work. I also don't think camera companies would want to pay for the cost of migrating their software to a new platform. A standard OS would be good for the users, but that's not necessarily perceived to be in the interests of the camera companies. > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
