JaFO

Be glad he didn't use an iPhone ;-)

Sounds like something for James Mays' "Manlab"-series.
"We could have gone to the shop and bought [insert project], but we decided not to and create our own ... from scratch, just because"

You mean like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNgPjM5pU4

One also doesn't sell a load of timber to a newbie and claim that building a house is easy either ...

yet that is what webshops are doing with this device.

It's not a weird choice.
Not all sports correspondents have played in sports either.

There are basically 2 types of technology lovers :
(1) the ones that want to know how stuff works and what...

It is nightmarishly complex to someone who is not a programmer by nature.

Add to this that modern users haven't seen a CLI in decades (ignoring Apple/Macintosh legacy for a moment) and the fact...

So wasn't it about time an article highlighted that bit ?
Every geek is raving about the Rasberry pi being the best thing since sliced bread while failing to realize that not everyone loves the DIY...

for the same reason some people can't understand why others still insist on buying a DSLR when lighter and equally competent alternatives are available ...

( /me ducks and runs for cover ... )

I'd argue that it is (sometimes) better to have a noisy shot than none at all.
So yeah, I've got mine set to 25600.

I think there is a practical lower limit for how much a camera should weigh.
You need a certain amount of weight to be able to have a stable platform, unless you want to rely on systems like IBIS...

It would have been a tough choice for me.
The WIFI option would have made it very tempting.

The one thing that would bother me is that the EVF is optional.
It's a bit too useful to not have...

effectively the OM-D and the PEN represent two possible choices :
- do I use the EVF ?
- do I use the built-in flash?

It's not the money that is the real issue.
It could have been 1$/month.

Focussing on the monetary problem is a Chewbacca defense.

And you honestly think that other companies won't follow that pattern ?
The 'software as a service'-idea isn't exactly new.
It's what all software companies will use if they need to survive.
At...

the bad news :
the future is already here

Anyone who has dealt with digital media has had to sign similar 'contracts' already.
Sure, sometimes there is enough backlash to cause such companies to...

I hope the majority is willing to do what you say.

I fear the worst.
Adobe will win and we as consumers are going to lose, because the vast majority does not care about the danger.

You already have an alternative, but you're too much of a blind/loyal customer to notice.
It's simple : buy/use the competing product
If you aren't aware of such products you haven't done the...

of course they did.
They really must be living in an ivory tower to be completely oblivious to the average problems and response faced by software 'solutions' like this.

The real problem is that...

heaven forbid a mere spectator shoots better pictures with a mere phone.

Unless of course that spectator happens to be a photographer, in which case the headline would have read : "Photographer...

It's simple.
We like to pretend to care as that is cheaper and more convenient than actually getting of our behinds and doing something constructive.

And if the incident happens in a country that...