1.Continuous autofocus,
1. Why in the world would you want continuous autofocus? That "feature" prevents a user from recomposing / reframing.
You want continous autofocus to manage closeups without using the zoom, I'm using the camerapro app which allows caf, and it really is very useful. Don't get me wrong the n8's Active Hyper-focal isn't bad, no one is saying that, it puts the whole shot in focus but won't focus on anything under 60cms, so for closeups your forced to use the zoom.
People aren't asking for CAF as a replacement for the Active Hyper-focal system, just as a choice. As both have advantages, and disadvatages (Active Hyper-focal means no Depth of field, and no closeups under 60cm without zoom or CAF which causes motor noise and potential blurs) but add together and you get the best of both worlds.
As Nokia themselves said:
‘Of course the ultimate solution would be to combine both of these in some way. Earlier in development we trialled a continuous autofocus system for video, but concluded for the time being that the performance didn’t warrant its inclusion in the product at sales start. Having said that, we are continuing investigations to find a way to get the best of both worlds in the future.’
I know the 3x zoom doesn't degrade the quality, but doing closeups via the zoom is a pain, sometimes I want to pan between a wide shot to a closeup. Thats means I'd have to zoom while panning. Thats when the CAF comes in, your essentially bringing the focus into the target for the video capture even as close as around 20cm, it'll also add some subtle depth of field sometimes. The zoom also increases shake
Personally I'd also like the macro mode, plus a touch to focus function too to give me the best of all worlds.
2.Option for Video recording setting @30fps/25fps/24fps,
2: Cinema quality film is recorded in 24fps. If you live in an area with PAL/SECAM then 25fps should be the standard, while the NTSC norm uses 30fps.
The native n8 capture speed again isn't bad, but when you pan an n8 you tend to get a jerky quality, so I prefer using 30fps to smooth out the pans
3.Option for RAW mode (or select compression setting) for still capture,
3. Are you kidding? Buy a Nikon NOT a Nokia if this is what you want. There is no point in offering RAW, even for a sensor as large as N8's.
Access top RAW files can mean you have wider dynamic range and color gamut, and it preserves most of the information of the captured image.
4.Home screen slide without delay,
4. There is no delay as it is now. I don't know what you are talking about.
PR2.0 already said it addresses this very issue, so its obviously an issue for some phones.
nacos, just give camerapro a spin and then tell me if these requests are still not valid
What I'd really love is to be able to manually focus on a target like we do in the macro mode, so I could shoot video with a very shallow Depth of field, that really would be amazing, then the N8 would be a video makers dream, as you'd have a video camera that does something only Canon DSLRs can do at ten times the cost...
