p.2 #1 · Disassembly: Why is the Visoflex 020 So Big? Could It Be Made Smaller?
coralnut wrote:
You're the first person I'm aware of who's mentioned using GPS. So it turns out that you have redundant ways to get GPS data, since it's both in your phone and your add-on viewfinder. To me, that's a great reason to eliminate the GPS from the viewfinder and reduce it's cost, size and weight. To me there's no point in paying for GPS to exist in every device, or to add unnecessary weight and bulk to the camera.
I can't help but think that to some degree all of the bells and whistles that they design into cameras is similar to the luxury accouterments that the Big3 pack into cars. It's just not possible to buy a base model car today without power windows, auto transmission, and power door locks. The Big3 do this because stuffing the car with add-on features as standard equipment increases the average unit selling price, in turn increasing profitability of car manufacturing when people are forced to pay for features that they might not buy as options.
But to be fair, I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like autofocus either....Show more →
When I'm shooting, I'd rather avoid reaching for my phone since it tends to be distracting. Plus, I don't use the Visoflex much, so its size or appearance doesn't bother me much. Ironically, the functions I do find useful, like Tilt and GPS, are the very ones that make it bulky.
