Good call Jim, but since this is not a troubleshooting issue, I am going to ask the moderator of this particular forum to move this discussion to The Lounge.
That said, your comment
As an unfortunate consequence of that, the demands of computer based, low resolution, intangible, rectangular display have become a serious inhibitor of innovation, IMO. I have additional plaints on that score
brings up a pertinent point. I have a couple of decent digital cameras, one a very compact consumer model and the other a mirrorless SLR and an iPhone 6. It is the iPhone 6 that is
always in my pocket and I seldom have the SLR with me unless I am on a dedicated photographic mission. As a result I take probably 50 to 100 pictures with the iPhone for every one I take with the SLR. I recently attended a talk with a professional photographer who was discussing her commissioned, curated, exhibit at a museum of modern art and even she admitted that she sometimes takes pictures with her iPhone for the very same reason. There is no question the quality of images taken with either of my dedicated cameras are superior to those take with the iPhone, but I do get some pretty good images with it and a pretty good image beats no image at all hands down.
Every new device has brought improvements in existing technologies. Every new image processing app and each update of those apps are bringing improvements. They have a very very long way to go to compete with a top of the line DSLR but I question your assertion that has been a serious inhibitor of innovation. I am more of the opinion we are just beginning to dip our feet into entirely new technologies and it will be exciting to see what the future will bring. A phone camera that is competitive with today's DSLRs? Could be sooner rather than later?
