Suggestion:
– Upload RAW DNG photos on Wi-Fi by default, just like videos.
Google drive backend is already capable of rendering and even editing pictures stored in proprietary camera RAW and DNG, so that's a missed opportunity now that Android smartphones are able to shoot in DNG+JPEG.
Well, lets be honest. The space required to store DNG or RAW files is crazy. They take up so much more space, then normale photos. Tho they get backup fine on my Chromebook, if I plug the SD-card in.
+Kim Østergaard Christiansen video files are larger than DNG photos.
Plus, it would be a very valid incentive to buy more storage from Google.
But they do work, if I uploade mine to drive, they can be editet just like regular jpgs. The common users is most likely not interessed in DNG and RAW.
If you'd like to store DNGs & other raw files, you still get an additional 15 gigs of free storage, after which storage is super cheap (two bucks a month for 100 gigs; ten for 1000; etc.). I've stored tens of thousands of DNGs in Photos & it works great.
Anything new about CameraAPI>2 in this new candy?
+Friedrich Sinofzik I heard Chet saying that there are but didn't checked yet.
Still watching the streams (a couple hours behind) but I will my tomorrow 😉
+Kim Østergaard Christiansen the common user is an idiot. They (developers,) should cater to many segments of people who are passionate about certain things… IE: use multiple personas that together represent the majority while designing, instead of the watered down average of everyone.
Different semantics for a similar objective though I suppose.
+Taylor Wall The common user is an idiot, yes. However the common user is Google's market. They are building for their market, the market of "humans who take photos" not for the photographer's market.