They’re not being transmitted to canon before downloading. The camera starts a (slow) local WiFi network that the phone can connect to and it directly transfers that way. This means you still get full quality RAW files
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ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoYou’ll end up with better quality images this way compared to transferring them to Canon servers where they’ll likely be compressed or altered.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 month ago
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Not to mention likely cataloged by geotag and used for “targeted marketing” by Canon and “select partners”.
That shit is just creepy.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Probably used to train an AI model as well
arin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is actually the real reason behind the change
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
it prob does this already on the camera wish someone figured out how to make open source camera os
kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I remember having a PowerShot SX110IS back in 2010 and there was an open source firmware I loaded on it. I forget what it was called. It’s a damn shame that we can’t really do stuff like that anymore.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was most likely CDHK, which is also what I run on my old SX130IS.
kamen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Magic Lantern probably. Don’t know about compact cameras, but this thing was big with DSLRs 10-15 years ago. What’s pretty impressive to me is that it didn’t require flashing the firmware, it just booted from a memory card.