Think of how your Instagram photos would improve when, instead of using a tiny 8MP phone camera, you’re taking them with a large aperture prime lens and a 20.3MP APS-C sensor. Or how easy it’d be to send images to Facebook, Flickr or Google+ via Wi-Fi using a high quality smartphone-style touchscreen as opposed to fumbling around with buttons.
Samsung has already made great strides in the social, connected side of photography, both through the original Galaxy Camera and mirrorless models like the NX300. The latter comes with Wi-Fi and built-in apps for sharing and uploading photos and videos, but it doesn’t come close to offering the elegance and simplicity of photo sharing on a smartphone.
One note of caution: “mirrorless” can refer to any camera, well, without a mirror. In general, it’s a term used for interchangeable lens cameras without the traditional DSLR pentaprism and mirror, but strictly speaking it could mean a regular point-and-shoot model. So there’s a chance that the Galaxy Camera 2 could end up merely being a better version of the first Galaxy Camera.
Either way, we’ll find out next week. Stay tuned.
