There’s not really anything you need the app for. It can remote control the camera with a live feed, which is cool but not all that useful, at least for me. It can also transfer images and videos, but I’m not sure it does the videos at full resolution, at least in my camera. For all practical purposes it’s just a little less useful than carrying a USB C SD card reader around with your camera that you can plug into your phone (because it also takes a good minute to connect usually, but my only datapoint is a camera from 2014 so they might have improved it since then)
Comment on Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Well, shit. I was planning on getting a Canon for my first camera because it’s hard to beat them for astrophotography, but I’m less sure now.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 days ago
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can configure the app to transfer your images and videos in full original quality but the transfer of large files takes forever, even in the best of conditions. I did the math and the app transfers data at something like 480 kbps over Wi-Fi which is beyond awful in this century. I don’t know if this is a limitation of the camera hardware itself (I’d doubt it) or the app. But needless to say, transferring large batches of images is an excruciating experience that I’ve certainly resolved never to do again. It’s just barely functional if you want to get a picture off to share or chimp at on your phone’s larger screen, but in my opinion can serve no other purpose since it’s so damn slow.
The entire song-and-dance of getting connected to the camera and arriving at a list of thumbnails also takes a combined total of about three minutes, which is absurd.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I have been very happy with my Panasonic Lumix S5 and previously GX80, though I am planning on getting a Sony A7 IV as I want better AF, I’ll keep my S5 and the lenses though as I love the colors from it
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
If you are fine just using the camera as-is (i.e. no app features), then they still make great cameras. I don’t appreciate the enshittification of their hardware via this software trap, though.