RE: How would this work? was a wish list
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:24:25 -0500
How about the zoom lense control, which has to be able to be done on the fly.
Either the cammera would name to have sliders on the side, which might be
harder to operate, or longer, and the width of the array is more than that of
the camera, so there goes smaller and being able to fit into tighter places.
Plus
the array is the power drain, and it would necessarily make the camera
bulkier/heavier. Nice idea intellectually, but I have reservations about being
able to
engineer drivers for 144 tactors optics, et al into a package as small as our
current camera, and, what about typewriter lenses, and the possibility of drop
damage being more likely to a bulkier heavier unit?
Nick
On Thu, 11 May 2006 07:51:42 -0700, Sherman, Becky wrote:
It seems to me that it wouldn't need to be any bigger than the camera.
The rollers and camera could be on the bottom, of course, and the array
could sit right on top so that as you rolled the camera across, your
index finger--or whichever one you use--could be in the array. How does
that soulnd?=20
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[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:49 AM
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Subject: How would this work? was a wish list
I'm having trouble picturing the logistics of the one-handed Optacon.
The only picture I can come up with is that the camera and the array
would be one unit so we would only have one piece to hold onto. I think
the device would still take two hands to operate because we couldn't
track and read with the same hand, could we? The other question: I have
trouble fitting the camera into tight places now. If it were somehow
bigger because it had the array as a part of it, how could it fit
anywhere? This is not a criticism of the idea. I just can't figure out
how this works.
Catherine
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