mattgrum - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Actually this is Hasselblad (Score 1) 56

by mattgrum on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:21AM (#61192060) Attached to: The OnePlus 9 Pro Has a 120Hz Display, Hasselblad Cameras, and Costs $969

https://www.hasselblad.com/

They're medium format cameras with their own lenses. They are 50+ megapixels and have kept up with the times while maintaining their own brand. It sounds like the camera on the phone is Sony parts with some Hasselblad tweaking to instill some kind of brand quality transfer and perceived extra value.

Hasselblad have form in this area, they once tried to take a low end Sony APS-C camera, put a wooden handle on it and charge six grand: https://www.t3.com/reviews/has...

Comment Re:How can the "camera" be "Hasselblad-branded"? (Score 1) 56

by mattgrum on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:17AM (#61192054) Attached to: The OnePlus 9 Pro Has a 120Hz Display, Hasselblad Cameras, and Costs $969

the "Hasselblad camera" part in the headline is absolutely misleading

You seems to be inventing a lot of imaginary rules about branding. If you own the rights or have a certain agreement in place you can put any brand on any product. This has been going on since forever. Hasselblad was sold to a Chinese drone company a few years back so this ought to surprise no-one.

Comment Re:The illusion of quality, the sickness of quanti (Score 5, Informative) 146

by mattgrum on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:35PM (#61160960) Attached to: Adobe Photoshop's New Super Resolution Feature is 'Jaw-Dropping'

The point of photography is to record reality.

That's just one of many possible motivations....

This idea that you should vomit out fake pixels to fool people and "fill in" what wasn't there is disgusting.

Ever heard of demosaicing? If not you're in for a bit of a shock.

Comment Doom 1 cost $71 (adjusted for inflation) (Score 1) 170

by mattgrum on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:23PM (#60267608) Attached to: Next-gen Games May Cost $70. It's Overdue, But Also Worrisome.

The original Doom was $40 when released at the end of 1993. Adjusted for inflation that figure is $71. So games haven't really increased in price in real terms (excluding DLC). Given how much more they cost to develop now and how much larger some of the environments are, I don't feel too hard done by.

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