The end is getting nearer / la fine s'avvicina

As I have recently posted, the end of traditional photography is imminent. Large cameras will soon become totally obsolete. Obviously there will always be a  small market for them but by and large, most people will not see a need to buy them any longer. Too bad  really but progress cannot be stopped. If people are happy watching a  sports game on a smart phone and all their store images there for later viewing, the need of large super high quality cameras will slowly disappear. High quality will no longer matter. No one will really care anymore. So progress marches on and mediocrity will become the  high standard. Let them be happy in a sea of inane images.

Come ho postato recentemente, la fine della fotografia con le macchine tradizionali quelle grandi e pesanti sembri piu' imminente. Queste macchine che noi adoriamo saranno  presto obsolete. Naturalmente, ci sara' sempre un piccolo mercato per queste super macchine ma la maggior parte del publico non ne avra'  ne bisogno ne interesse. Oggi molti sono felici a guardare una partita sportiva su un "smart phone" in cui salvano tutte le loro immagini per poi guardarli. La qualita' non sara' piu' importante o necessaria. La marcia del progresso e ineluttabile e il nuovo standard di qualita' sara' la mediocrita'. Che siano tutti felici in um mare di immagini insulse.

DxO Says Smartphone Image Quality Has Caught up to 2007's Compact Cameras, no kidding.

It may not sound like much to offer image quality above point-and-shoots from five years ago, but considering the kind of shape cell phone cameras were in 2007, it's an impressive feat. After all, that's the same year the original iPhone launched with its 2MP camera.

In the video category, Smartphones are actually quite impressive. The Samsung Galaxy StiII beats out the Canon Powershot 100 by a decent margin. Go figure.