This is the first step in camera ownership being a service rather than property. Anyone that buys into this deserves what it will lead to.
Bro I feel like in 20 years, breathing will be behind a paywall
lowkey, I’m fine with this cuz like who needs this function?
Lots of people would love this feature. Prints and frames come in all sorts of different ratios, and it’s handy to know your composition will sit perfectly within those ratios.
You actually make a good point, i would love to try out shooting with wide aspect ratios
People who need 800 perfectly lined up yearbook photos or employee directory photos.
paid firmware updates… wow
And I thought BMW were ridiculous when they offered heated seat functionality for a monthly subscription…
Tell me this isn’t real, holy fuck.
Mercedes was eyeing some subscription based features too. Truly dystopian imo.
Tons of Mercedes’ shit is already subs based; I know cause it reminds me everytime I start my car… :/
And you still bought the car?
I understood it when Nikon did it for a licensed video log format.
But this is loading some transparent PNG’s on your camera to overlay a video feed. It’s not exactly hard.
Pretty sure Panasonic have done these too. I picked up a G9 a while back and there are paid firmware updates to shoot in log
Took a page from Atomos’ handbook
I was just about to say!
I bought a Ninja V last month. Couldn’t believe the audacity to ask me for another $100 for h265.
Gimmie a ruler and a sharpie and I’ll do it for free
Yup. Screenprotectors are cheaper than this shit update. Although if Sony hears that you may be forced to use viewfinder if they detect an aftermarket screen guard, and disable your screen
Sony should just introduce proprietary memory cards that only hold a certain number of pictures per card, and the cards are one time use only.
Maybe something like 24 or 36 pictures, to make it manageable.
Sony has had a history with making proprietary storage cards for its handheld gaming devices instead of simply letting you use SD cards, so it’s not out of the conversation
So I unironically wanted part of this haha, where I wanted a modern memory card with a small capacity to force me to use it like my film cameras.
Then I realised I could get the same effect by putting a multi-GB useless file on it lol
Or just use a film camera lol
I do, lots! But film is expensive :)
And lorem ipsum text is cheap.
Finally, we’ve come full circle now all based on corporate greed?
Kodak is weeping tears of joy, they were right all along!
pre printed gridlined screen protectors should be a thing. not like there are that many different screen sizes to have to account for
There are!! You can get them on Etsy!
Someone will crack the firmware and offer a hacked version shortly after this rolls out.
They won’t.
If people could hack the firmware of these companies they would’ve done it by now, but no one has.
Except the old Magic Lantern one from decades ago.
It’s been done for Sony cameras a while back. One of the tools that lets you get into the camera’s firmware is Sony-PMCA-RE. As far as I know this is not the only one either.
It’s not a powerful as a Magic Lantern, but that’s not the point, which is that camera firmware hacks are still going on.
As long as there is a reason and motivation someone will figure it out.
Well no one has figured it out since they stopped supporting the playmemories store in cameras.
$150 for a magic lantern feature from 10 years ago lol
the world is doomed
and so it starts. subscription camera ownership.
Saddest part is some idiots will pay the money.
Cool, now I know for a fact I will never bother with a Sony camera.
Good luck finding a company that doesnt sell certain features.
Sometime next year you need to pay for autofocus. Oops you ran out of credits to focus!
Coming soon - A7 screen protectors with various grid patterns
Any guesses on how long before they realize this is a bad idea and walks it back?
Give me screen protector, packing tape and a sharpy, I will do it for $5.
don’t you guys just leave some space then crop and tilt?
I’d pay that for a fucking bulb timer, or even more for shutter speeds like Fuji give us.