http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/ Engadget Comments for Canon Wonder Camera Concept promises single-lens perfection (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Keeping everything in focus all the time? With infinite depth of field, photos will look like Dalí's painting. Stupid idea.]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Looks like a piece of a Stormtrooper fell off.]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Hopefully this camera shoots better than Stormtroppers, cause those guys sucked. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
ahaha LOL]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/it probably can't melt things]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
It would be monumentally stupid to put out a camera that replaces SLR's and to have it not take pictures.
Its just a concept, a statement that says canon can map the future, if you will.
:) ]]>Jul 6th 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
I would argue that pretty much all the images will look like Auntie Pat has taken them. Also there is lighting. Lighting for video is a damn sight harder than lighting for photography as a photo is a frozen moment which can be planned for whereas lighting for someone moving around requires a lot more equipment. Also while I can imagine that they may be able to make a lens with a huge focal range (they already have lenses with pretty fantastic focal ranges) I am not sure they would get the quality of a prime in there too. I can imagine a camera like this would be great for point an shoots I can't see the interchangeable lens setup being replaced.]]>Jul 6th 2010 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
But these aren't the droids you're looking for.]]>Jul 6th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Heres to the future of killing photography.]]>Jul 6th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Yep, Canon must have recycled an hair dryer body to host the inner parts. Its white color adds up to the confusion.]]>Jul 6th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
I'm sure adjusting depth of field will be an option of course. My guess is that this isn't a professional's camera, but rather a camera to capture everyday moments for the average consumer.]]>Jul 6th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Hopefully... they will loose 1 or two in the bar :D]]>Jul 6th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
First of all, as has been mentioned before, depth of field is pretty much a necessity for anyone who cares about the artistic-ness of their pictures, so this everything-in-focus thing doesn't really work for me. That being said, perhaps if they made this camera capable of taking stereo pictures (two lenses/sensors) it could figure out the depth of every object in the scene and create the depth of field effect afterwards. This could create some really awesome effects, such as two distances in focus and everything else closer, further, and in-between blurry.

Also, as long as we're creating the perfect camera, how about using a sensor that actually simulates human color vision so that we have a complete color gamut instead of sRGB or aRGB triangles? Again, in post-processing, you could convert to whatever color space you need (if it's even an issue in the future), using whatever conversion parameters you want.

I'm kinda disappointed that Canon didn't think of those ideas when it took me just five minutes to come up with them, actually.]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/design/kikaku/t90/03.html

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/design/kikaku/t90/05_colani.html

History repeats itself?]]>Jul 7th 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Oh yes...goodbye depth-of-field and basically everything else that allows folks who have mastered to the art and science of photography to create visually stunning photographs.
]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Clearly this wasn't approved by Canon's marketing department. It's closer to being the worst camera ever than the best. As several have already pointed out, control over depth of field and focal distance is crucial - it's not often that a photographer actually wants everything to be in focus at the same time. Secondly, touch only is a stupid idea. If the camera has a through-the-lens viewfinder (as it appears to in the pictures) then you'd be unable to operate it whilst looking through the lens. Voice control might be an option, but you'd still want controls with tactile feedback which could be operated by hand for occasions when you have to be really quiet.

Also, it looks like a plastic piece of crap, but that's just my opinion.
]]>Jul 6th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/It sound like something you'd design at school.

"Yeah it's a camera that can take pictures of anything anywhere. Oh and when I press this button it shoots rockets and lazers at ugly people in the picture."]]>Jul 6th 2010 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/]]>Jul 6th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
as an avid photographer, i can tell you that this would likely be the worst camera ever. no control over shutter speed and aperture while looking through the VF, no control over DoF, only video (really? no thanks). i would rather use film (although thats not saying much since i still use film....).]]>Jul 6th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
This is a concept for a CONSUMER camera. The average consumer doesn't care about depth of field and other proffessional camera techniques. I'm sure there will be cameras that will be able to control those sorts of things and if not, like the guy says in the video, the whole concept of still photography might change. (with the advent of electronic magazines, most photographs might be video anyway) Maybe still photography will become a hobby where collectors will have 'classical' cameras. Anything could happen, its the future.]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/"And yes, apparently it's small enough to fit in a young girl's hands."
- That's what HE said.]]>Jul 6th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Concept or not by 2030, we wouldn't need cameras. We'd have figured out a way to pull images out of our brains interface technology.]]>Jul 6th 2010 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Whats worse is that his mic picks up the environment just as good as his voice, so all you hear is this excruciating din.]]>Jul 6th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
In 20 years Crysis will seem like Duck Hunt...]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
You don't like Duck hunt??!]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
I didn't say that. :D (although I have been having problems with my light gun as of late....)

I just meant that it will probably no longer have the social status or perceived graphical prowess that it does today. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
This is madness]]>Jul 6th 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/Jul 6th 2010 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
Q- How large is that phone?
A- Apparently it's small enough to fit in a young girl's hands.

Q- How large is the extra long cheese coney?
A- Apparently it's small enough to fit in a young girl's hands.

It is comes off as weird... XD

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