**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Dec 17 03:00:01 2018 Dec 17 06:19:41 Maxdamantus: Which Canon camera? My dedicated camera is a Canon PowerShot G6. Dec 17 06:23:28 Apparently most of the smartphone makers, including Nokia, felt they needed a touch screen to compete with Apple after the introduction of the original iPhone or iPhone 3G. Dec 17 06:25:06 brolin_empey: EOS 1200D Dec 17 06:28:16 It just seems like unless the camera is already fixed, it'd be easier to just point and focus rather than touch a particular place on the screen. Dec 17 06:29:09 and if it is fixed, I imagine you're probably adjusting the focus manually anyway. Dec 17 06:32:09 (fixed as in on a tripod or something, so you're not able to freely point the camera) Dec 17 06:32:11 Max, at least on 350D and 50D it is possible to choose an AF point Dec 17 06:33:00 Okay, I suspect you can probably do it on the 1200D then too. Dec 17 06:33:30 but those points are still a bit more limited than a touchscreen. Dec 17 09:57:50 most cheaper compact cameras have center focus and no touchscreen Dec 17 10:00:13 even the better compact cameras do, sometimes with a selection of 2 or 3 focus types (center, multipoint, object detection...). E.G my Fujifilm XQ1 has no touchscreen either. Why would smartphones *need* a touchscreen to do autofocus? Dec 17 10:00:31 marketing Dec 17 10:00:33 ;) Dec 17 10:02:17 nah, that's so "how did mankind manage to not die from starvation before caviar been discovered?" Dec 18 02:08:34 x86 computer hardware question (hurrian?): https://www.asus.com/2-in-1-PCs/ASUS-Transformer-Mini-T102HA/specifications/ Can this model of computer drive an external display at at least 3840×2160? I have been reading about Intel hardware on Wikipedia but cannot find a clear answer. Yes, I realise that having only 4 GiB of main memory sucks in practice in 2018. I do not have this model of computer, my friend does and I am curious to know if his computer is Dec 18 02:08:35 UHD-capable. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Dec 18 03:00:00 2018