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Cameras and Connectivity
The right balance, FZ1000Where is the camera industry going or failing to go ?This post has been prompted by my observations of a 12 year old family member on recent outings.He has an interest in...
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Blog On a Mission: Measuring Camera Ergonomics
Add captionI started this blog in February 2012. I had become frustrated by the poor handling and operating qualities of many cameras on the market. I noticed that there was much discussion about and...
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Measuring Camera Ergonomics Part 1 Discussion (revised and reposted)
Lumix LX100Camera evaluation can be considered under four headings: Specifications, Image Quality, Performance and Ergonomics. I often read reviews of camera gear which compare camera...
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Measuring Camera Ergonomics Part 2 Rationale (revised and reposted)
FZ1000In Part three of this 3 part series I will introduce a proposed evaluation schedule. If the reader has been following this blog the terms used in the schedule will be familiar. However the new...
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Measuring Camera Ergonomics Part 3 Scoring Schedule (revised and reposted)
LX100Summary of abbreviations used:FLC = Fixed Lens Camera. FZLC= Fixed zoom lens camera.ILC = Interchangeable Lens Camera. UI = User Interface. Can be hard (buttons, dials etc) or soft (screen...
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Panasonic FZ1000 Ergonomic Score
FZ1000I have been discussing issues around scoring ergonomics for some time.I now feel ready to take the next step and put numbers on the ergonomic score for various cameras which I have used and...
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Panasonic LX100 Ergonomic Score
The LX100 is a full featured compact camera which tries to pack a lot of functionality into a small space, with variable success. The product development people at Panasonic elected for their own...
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Panasonic G6 Ergonomic Score
The G6 is the most recent but as I write this probably discontinued version of the original 2008 MILC which was the G1.It is a nice little camera which in my view has never been fully appreciated by...
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Nikon 1 V2 Ergonomic Score
Nikon has been floundering with its 1 series of ILCs, seemingly unable to figure out where the system fits into the camera world or even the Nikon group of products. The V1 was an ergonomic disaster,...
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Sony A 3500 Ergonomic Score
Sony appears to have a scattergun approach to model releases. One of the fruits of this is the ultra budget DSLR lookalike A3000/3500 (the 3500 uses the same body but a lower spec lens) which is...
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Panasonic GH4 Ergonomic Score
The GH4 is an advanced Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera (MILC) which provides excellent image quality and performance with an extensive specification list and range of capabilities. It also...
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Measuring Camera Ergonomics Major Summary January 2015
The half closed relaxed hand. This is the author's hand which is of average size for an adult male according to Wikipedia.This long post is an attempt to gather together and summarise my discoveries...
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Scoring Camera Ergonomics Short Summary January 2015
Panasonic FZ1000What you don’t count, doesn’t countErgonomics: The science of designing things which people use for maximum efficiency and safety.I recently posted here, a major summary of my...
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Canon EOS M3 The malaise at Canon deepens
Above it all ? FZ1000I read on a photo rumor site several days ago that Canon wants to be number 1 in the Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera (MILC) market by 2017.I read elsewhere that sales of...
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My Mockup Cameras, A review 2010-2015 Part 1 Introduction
12 Mockups. The 13th, not shown here, is a mockup of the strange Sigma DP2 Quattro, definitely not an ergonomic success.‘Drawings are the curse of camera design’Six years ago I switched camera systems...
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My Mockup Cameras A Review 2010-2015 Part 2 Handles and Shutter Buttons
This is Mockup #13 showing the canted-back-10-degrees-inverted-L-shaped handle. Unfortunately words and photos cannot adequately describe just how good this handle type really is. The subject of this...
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Learning From Mockups Part 3 Control Dials
This is Mockup #13 showing optimal location of front and rear control dials with adjacent control modules. The author's hand is in the 'half closed relaxed' position with index finger on the shutter...
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Learning From Mockups Part 4 Mockup #13
Mockup #13 General ViewBringing the elements togetherI have been building mockups to develop and refine my ideas about camera ergonomics for the last five years. Mockup #13 brings together many of...
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Camera Ergonomics reaches a million
Oystercatcher: Canon SX60 at full zoomYesterday this blog recorded a million page views.I started the blog in February 2012 thinking that maybe 5000 people in the world might have some slight...
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The Future of Cameras Take 2 March 2015
Flowers by the wayside. Canon SX60. While out for a walk, I made this photo of flowers growing at about waist height by setting Macro Mode on the SX60, moving the camera close to the subject and firing...
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