New toy camera article in Wired magazine

[Snapper]

I think some people on the Wired discussion thread just don't get it. Toy = fun = ephemeral.

Of course you could buy a 'proper' camera for the £75 it costs over here, but thats not the point, is it?

What saddened me was the comment (although I expect it was meant tongue-in-cheek) "Or use one of the iPhone apps such as CameraBag to create similar effects..."

Sigh.

[Shangheye]

The only difference between men and boys, is the price of their toys!
Rick

I thought it was the SIZE of their toys

[reellis67]

I think some people on the Wired discussion thread just don't get it. Toy = fun = ephemeral.

That magazine, and apparently many of it's readers, tend toward fixation on the technology itself rather than that ideas driving the technology, at least as I see it...

- Randy

[Moopheus]

I find in ironic that he implies that digital cameras are a more faithful representation of reality than film, and also that film has worse image quality than digital.

I think he was referring to the plastic lens and the distortions it introduces.