In defense of WiFi...

[pixmedic]

All I get at Starbucks is their Mocha Frappachino.

So, that's something you drink?

Sounds like something you would put an ointment on...

I think its venereal.
over the counter medicine wont touch it either.
you need prescription meds.

 

[amolitor]

This is so interesting. We have two camps:

- It would be useful to me.
- It would not be useful to me.

What matters, obviously, is what percentage of users would find it useful, and how many of them would include WiFi in a buying decision.

You know, there should be a discipline in figuring that sort of thing out, and then Nikon could have a department of people skilled in that discipline to perform that function, and to help decide whether to stick WiFi into one camera model or another. They could call it WiFi Decision Science. Or maybe Product Marketing. Whichever.

 

[runnah]

All I get at Starbucks is their Mocha Frappachino.

So, that's something you drink?

Sounds like something you would put an ointment on...

I think its venereal.
over the counter medicine wont touch it either.
you need prescription meds.

That is why you always use the cardboard cup holder and never share stirrers.

 

[mishele]

This is so interesting. We have two camps:

- It would be useful to me.
- It would not be useful to me.

What matters, obviously, is what percentage of users would find it useful, and how many of them would include WiFi in a buying decision.

You know, there should be a discipline in figuring that sort of thing out, and then Nikon could have a department of people skilled in that discipline to perform that function, and to help decide whether to stick WiFi into one camera model or another. They could call it WiFi Decision Science. Or maybe Product Marketing. Whichever.

:hail:

 

[pixmedic]

So, that's something you drink?

Sounds like something you would put an ointment on...

I think its venereal.
over the counter medicine wont touch it either.
you need prescription meds.

That is why you always use the cardboard cup holder and never share stirrers.

but it doesnt feel as good with the cardboard over it...

 

[runnah]

This is so interesting. We have two camps:

- It would be useful to me.
- It would not be useful to me.

What matters, obviously, is what percentage of users would find it useful, and how many of them would include WiFi in a buying decision.

You know, there should be a discipline in figuring that sort of thing out, and then Nikon could have a department of people skilled in that discipline to perform that function, and to help decide whether to stick WiFi into one camera model or another. They could call it WiFi Decision Science. Or maybe Product Marketing. Whichever.

To me the fact that they DO have a wifi solution and that fact that it is a crappy add-on tells me the majority of people do not care for it.

 

[Devinhullphoto]

So, that's something you drink? Sounds like something you would put an ointment on...

Yeah man. It's great!

 

[pixmedic]

This is so interesting. We have two camps:

- It would be useful to me.
- It would not be useful to me.

What matters, obviously, is what percentage of users would find it useful, and how many of them would include WiFi in a buying decision.

You know, there should be a discipline in figuring that sort of thing out, and then Nikon could have a department of people skilled in that discipline to perform that function, and to help decide whether to stick WiFi into one camera model or another. They could call it WiFi Decision Science. Or maybe Product Marketing. Whichever.

To me the fact that they DO have a wifi solution and that fact that it is a crappy add-on tells me the majority of people do not care for it.

isnt this whole thing kinda a non issue though?
i mean, if you can just BUY a wifi device to give your DSLR that ability....
if you have a DSLR that does not have wifi, and you can buy a device to give it wifi...isnt that a solution in itself?
not as convenient, sure. I get that. BUT...people that DON'T want wifi don't have to pay for that added feature, and people that DO want wifi can have it.

 

[runnah]

isnt this whole thing kinda a non issue though?
i mean, if you can just BUY a wifi device to give your DSLR that ability....
if you have a DSLR that does not have wifi, and you can buy a device to give it wifi...isnt that a solution in itself?
not as convenient, sure. I get that. BUT...people that DON'T want wifi don't have to pay for that added feature, and people that DO want wifi can have it.

Thats my point. There is a solution and it works just as well as if it were integrated. The OP is complaining about nothing.

 

[Devinhullphoto]

Thats my point. There is a solution and it works just as well as if it were integrated. The OP is complaining about nothing.

He always wanted to plug his upcoming app.

 

[TheLost]

Thats my point. There is a solution and it works just as well as if it were integrated. The OP is complaining about nothing.

He always wanted to plug his upcoming app.

Find one instance in this thread where i have.

OP says "it's not a gimmick" and then lists three uses for it that are pretty clear-cut gimmicky uses...

I agree that it has some potential, and they should have wifi control built into the custom firmware APIs (if they aren't already! Has magic lantern gotten their claws into this yet?) and should probably begin introducing it on future models whenever reasonable. But it's mostly going to be for fun, and/or as a sort of flipout screen on steroids. I.e. largely gimmick.

I've yet to hear any serious mainstream reason why wifi will be super important. Yet.

I guess taking pictures at high school football games, editing them on a tablet, then posting them to twitter&facebook in near-real-time is a gimmick. I'll make sure to tell all the parents that cant make it to games... that their praise is unfounded. I'll tell the other schools that have started copying our workflow they are wasting their time.

And your right... Tethered photography is a joke. Nobody in a studio situation wants instant access to what the camera see's.

And golly.. It is so much easier to pull the memory card out of a camera and plug it into a card reader. Why would anybody want to skip that step and just pull the images off the camera wirelessly.

 

[Devinhullphoto]

Find one instance in this thread where i have. I guess taking pictures at high school football games, editing them on a tablet, then posting them to twitter&facebook in near-real-time is a gimmick. I'll make sure to tell all the parents that cant make it to games... that their praise is unfounded. I'll tell the other schools that have started copying our workflow they are wasting their time. And your right... Tethered photography is a joke. Nobody in a studio situation wants instant access to what the camera see's. And golly.. It is so much easier to pull the memory card out of a camera and plug it into a card reader. Why would anybody want to skip that step and just pull the images off the camera wirelessly.

I guess I got that confused with the D610 thread. Isn't that why you started this thread? Was to discuss lack of wifi in the camera market and not take over the D610 discussion?

 

[TheLost]

I am actually laughing at how 'old fart-ish' most of you sound...

"We didn't have any intertubes in my day.. you kids and your bookface!"

"A model-t got us where we needed to go... these new cars nowadays with their bee-boops-and-doo-dads!"

"digital photography is a gimmik.. its film or go home!"

The BYU Workflow: An Automated Wireless Photography Workflow

Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC Photography Blog

 

[TheLost]

I guess I got that confused with the D610 thread. Isn't that why you started this thread? Was to discuss lack of wifi in the camera market and not take over the D610 discussion?

This all started in the D610 thread where i said (to paraphrase).. Nikon could have pushed the D610 a bit farther away from the D600 by adding WiFi and GPS, rather then just releasing the same camera with new firmware and shutter.

Then the "WiFi is evil" gang started taking over the thread so i moved it here...

 

[Juga]

I don't use it often but I like the feature. I like being able to remote shoot particularly when shooting low. My wife likes that I can upload snapshots immediately of she wants. It is a nice feature and I appreciate having it but it isn't essential.

As for coffee...Dunkin Donuts because MURICA RUNS ON DUNKIN!