Mainstream DSLRs with dual card slots came out 22 years ago.

mrheosuper 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sadly after 22 years, it's still considered a "high-end" feature. Even on $1600 Fujifilm x100vi, there is still single SD slot.

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dsego 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I also have the same fuji. Digital cameras are still in the stone ages. I think Tony Northrup covered it well. Nothing has changed since digital cameras came to market, the workflow is still the same, copy files from a card to PC. They aren't connected to the internet, they don't have automatic syncing to cloud for backups or sharing, fuji doesn't even have a gps chip built in to store the location (only works if connected to a smartphone), they can't be locked via fingerprint scanner. It's all tech from 25 years ago.

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podocarp 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In some senses it's good. That feature list just says "use a smartphone then". No thank you. It's everything that a camera should not be.

GPS is useful, but not wifi. I don't need my camera becoming another IOT always online telemetry device. They're one of the few electronic devices built to last. Imagine needing fingerprint unlock on a camera, and for what? Prevent others from viewing your photos? Changing your settings? Also copy from card to pc is the best possible workflow. Imagine cameras like smartphone with no expandable storage.

Stop giving these people ideas! I am now very afraid they will listen to this guy since he actually has a follower base.

	▲	justsomehnguy 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Also copy from card to pc is the best possible workflow So turn off the camera, open the memory card slot cover which is flimsy 1mm prong, eject the card, insert it in the reader (if you have SD reader) or fiddle the microSD first from the convertor and then insert, copy, (insert microSD to SD convertor), open up slot cover, insert the card. Surely beats just connecting the camera to the WiFi (which it does have anyway) and downloading through SMB. Suuure. S9900 from 15 years ago had a built-in GPS receiver (and absolutely unneeded and never updated POI system). P1100 needs a smartphone for GPS for whatever reason - and app doesn't work 5 times from 5. But the latter is on me, I knew what I would get when I bought Nikon.

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t0bia_s 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Windows OS is also stone age. There is no simple way to list all user data, or user edited system data for simple backup in readable format.

Btw X100F has Wi-Fi and automated file transfer to PC. But it is faster to transfer it via SD card.

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jimmaswell 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would hope they have some feature for automatic backup to your phone over bluetooth or such today.

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mrheosuper 33 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Bluetooth is slow. The transport is 3Mbps at max, if you subtract all the headers from different layers, you may have like 1.5-2Mbps practical transfer speed.

	▲	Dylan16807 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sounds like the "or such" wins, but even with bluetooth speeds that means you're backing up 1-5 photos per minute and that helps a lot.

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dsego 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They do transfer, but it's not automatic.

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robmccoll 3 hours ago | parent [-]

My Nikon ZF transfers to my phone through Nikon's SnapBridge app automatically.

	▲	dsego 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Oh, that's cool, kudos to Nikon, could be a good reason to switch over from Fuji.

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jeffbee 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

WiFi is a little faster I guess? In the primitive days people used the EyeFi.

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jimmaswell 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You would often not have wifi available, and you wouldn't want to have to type in wifi passwords to your camera all the time. But your phone will almost always be nearby and persistent bluetooth is easy.

	▲	toast0 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Wifi between your camera and the phone. Or your camera and a laptop in your bag or whatever...