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I
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
measurement of image quality and performance of cameras.
But there was and still is no systematic, widely (or
even narrowly) accepted basis for evaluating, comparing and measuring the ergonomic
aspect of camera operation.
So I worked on the problem, bought and used cameras
and made many mockups of different design.
My
self imposed mission
and the mission of this blog
has been:
1. To study camera ergonomics and present my findings in a public place open to feedback from any
source.
2. To raise awareness of issues relating to ergonomics
among camera users, or at least the ones who find their way to this little blog.
3. To develop a taxonomy (the branch of science engaged
in description, identification, nomenclature and classification) and language
of camera ergonomics.
4. To develop a method of scoring camera ergonomics
which is based on sound principles, workable, reasonably easy to utilise and which provides
a meaningful comparison between cameras.
I
had originally thought to write a book on the subject.
Fortunately that did not eventuate. A book is far too static a vehicle for sharing
results of an ongoing study, does not generate feedback and would have extremely limited circulation.
The first three
items of my mission have been discussed at length on this blog over the last
three years to the point that I feel reasonably confident that I have
identified a workable schema for understanding camera ergonomics.
Now I want to take the blog further along the pathway
to realising mission #4.
Over the last 3 years I have invented several
different schemas for measuring and scoring camera ergonomics but discarded
most as being too complex.
I had to find a schema which is meaningful and which
separates the better performing cameras from the less engaging ones but which
is not too complex to implement.
Likes,
dislikes and preferences
A substantial part of my quest has been to unravel the
nexus between ‘likes’ which are a valid aspect of human experience, and the process of systematic evaluation,
which is a different kind of experience resulting from a more analytic
engagement with the subject.
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