Ask HN: Are any companies integrating social networking with digital cameras?

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Mobile phone cameras (at least the ones I am aware of) aren't too great. Wouldn't it be awesome if I could post a high quality picture from my digital camera to a social network while I was at a concert? Are there any companies working on this?

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TwitPic already lets you do that, doesn't it? I'm surprised that the Facebook iPhone app doesn't let you (I haven't looked). IMO this seems logical and, for that reason, I would assume Facebook, Flickr, et al are working hard at putting that together.

Well both Twitpic and Fbook allow mobile uploads, but my question is more about the digital camera companies. It would be awesome to have a button on my high quality digital camera that says "post to facebook". This would require the cameras having a bit more hardware (internet connect, small key pad, etc.), but if I think I would pay $50 more for the social networking feature on a high quality camera.

Nikon and Canon put wifi into a few cameras but they didn't sell very well and were discontinued. EyeFi does what you are talking about.

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