Nova Concept DSLR..

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/28/nova-dslr-concept-reminds-us-that-cameras-need-not-be-boring/

thoughts? impressions?

 

[Martin Weiss]

I like the idea that it comes with 2 aperture rings

No way that this could be a photoshop™ job?

 

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

no way check his design blog..

http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?portfolio_id=3016699&individual_id=258110

the question is: is it related to Canon or its just a designer's concept..??

 

[Ace]

I doubt this is canons.. This seems like typical student work.

From a design point of view, its pretty silly. Not only are you introducing a torsional force grip (which reduces stability and activates most of the muscles in your hand/wrist/forearm trying to keep it steady), the handle bar leverage gives the centre of the camera (the sensor/lens) a parabolic axis of rotation...Which may translate to blurry pictures for such a lightweight camera...

The bottom right sketch in the image above has me interested though...

+Points for thinking outside the square though.

 

[Matthew Bennett]

It would actually be pretty hard to beat the current design for a DSLR -

They just fit so nicely in one hand, and sort of hook on and stay there. The rubber and gripping is in all the right places.

This design, although cool, seems to demand having both your hands on it and thrust out from your body leading to blood-draining fatigue, plus I don't see proper respect for sweaty hands on the grips...

 

[Paolo Tinari]

The bottom right sketch in the image above has me interested though...

It's a portable otoscope/hairdryer.

 

[Roberto B]

when canon will sell it like popcorn for a few hundred bucks you'll see the silly photoshop™ hairdryer job over the future scarlet sales btw..

 

[hunterrichards]

I like the idea that it comes with 2 aperture rings
No way that this could be a photoshop™ job?

Hi Martin-

Its an old preset lens, you preset the main aperture at your f-stop but it doesnt actually close down and then right before you take the photo you throw the other aperture ring over and it stops on your preseleted f-stop. It keeps the viewfinder bright. Glad someone figured out how to make the modern dslr camera bodies and lenses do this for you. ; )

 

[Jeff Coatney]

Nice exercise, but not credible as a real product. The dust pansy however...

 

[Shane Betts]

If you throw it, does it come back?

 

[Matthew Bennett]

If you throw it, does it come back?

Ha, nice,

It comes back as a slightly different model with a couple of improved features and charges your credit card another 3,000

 

[Andrew clemson]

That doesnt look at all easy to hold. Am i missing the point?

I doubt Canon are going to go quite so crazy in terms of redesigning the SLR.
Must be purely a concept.

 

[Mitch Gross]

Flip it upside down and you begin to have something, but it still is a bad concept ergonomically.

 

[Martin Weiss]

Thanks, Hunter; always great to learn from the past.

Here's a new camera from Samsung with an angled lens:

Wired article