> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > steve harley > > on 2012-08-22 23:40 David Parsons wrote > > And, contrary to what some people think, not everyone that uses a > > smartphone is using instagram and cheesy digital filters. > > right; like i said (and as Godfrey perhaps unwittingly confirmed) we > can't imagine some of the uses these can be put to; offhand i'm trying > to come up with ideas to creatively use the actual camera controls — > unusual intervalometers, exposures triggered by movement … and of > course the stitching possibilities, including using the gyro to make > the camera in effect a 3D scanner … > > but i'm pretty sure it will be a younger generation who comes up with > the really clever ideas; in general i'm not too optimistic about > today's youth, but i do expect them to invent a lot of cool stuff >
Everything has already been invented. That was the reason the head of the patent office somewhere in the USA gave when he resigned, shortly before Thomas Edison set up in business. It is, of course, always true in some sense. B -- 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.
