A lot of people advocate for traditional cameras gaining some sort of smart interface to facilitate sharing or some other such features.
What they don't understand is that traditional cameras work extremely well with their dedicated but seemingly outdated interfaces, and moreover, they prevent things like this from happening. Replaceable batteries, replaceable storage, and "primitive" but exceptionally functional firmware makes it so that you can still pick up an 8-year old camera like the Nikon D7200 and produce shots that have the same quality as today's cameras without worrying about it not being supported (because it's essentially a complete product).
"smart" televisions just means long boot times and... intrusion.
Why would smart cameras end up any different?
I will say the DSLRs understand the necessity of immediacy - turn it on and take a shot.
(well, there is the "turn it on" part)
Honestly I don't know why phone cameras haven't understood the immediacy thing. why not dedicate one button to ALWAYS take a picture, getting the shot even at the expense of accidental shots.
This is something Apple has put a lot of work into and iOS handles photography UX very well. Wake the screen and swipe left (no need to authenticate). Camera loads in about 1s on my 4 year old XS. No shutter lag so you get the picture you see in the viewfinder. Also, “Live Photo” is enabled by default which takes multiple photos before and after you press the shutter and combines it into a single entry in the UI. You can then go back at a later date and pick the best version, but your library isn’t cluttered. I hate this feature so I keep it turned off, but I can see how it would be useful to many people.
I frankly don't think apple has put enough work into it. I use it (swipe from locked screen) from time to time, but it sometimes (like gloves) swipe doesn't work and you miss the shot. You have to look and interact with the screen and that's a failure.
I guess most "i am elegant" tech companies just don't go for buttons. (apple, tesla, etc)
Oh yeah that's an interesting point. Could be a product of the environment. Product designers in Cupertino aren't having that issue, so it's probably "not a problem" in their eyes.
Not sure how better usability wrt to sharing from the camera would ensure that this kind of thing never happens.
I think cameras tend to work well over time because that's the expectation of the manufacturers and the purchasers, and photographers would rebel en masse otherwise.
If most consumers would be a little more prickly about these things and strongly punish these greedy companies, I don't think we'd see nearly as much of this. This kind of thing simply wouldn't fly in the 60s, but we've been conditioned to just accept it.
Well that and consumer protection is basically non-existent.
I still want to share photos easily from my camera though!
What they don't understand is that traditional cameras work extremely well with their dedicated but seemingly outdated interfaces, and moreover, they prevent things like this from happening. Replaceable batteries, replaceable storage, and "primitive" but exceptionally functional firmware makes it so that you can still pick up an 8-year old camera like the Nikon D7200 and produce shots that have the same quality as today's cameras without worrying about it not being supported (because it's essentially a complete product).