Human-Friendly Design The Single Lens Reflex (SLR) Camera: A Product of the Evolution of Easy-to-Use Technology

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Position The grip to make a camera ''easy-to-hold, easy-to-position'' is today's standards in camera design. This section tells us how Canon's SLR cameras evolved into their present shapes as a comfortable hand-held tool for photoshooting.
  1. Compared with movie cameras of the same period, still cameras did not pay particular attention to being ''easy-to-hold, easy-to-position.''
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Still cameras for capturing still images have for a long time depended on the manual dexterity and flexibility of human hands. They were not really designed to be "easy-to-hold, easy-to-position," and did not fit in the user's palm.
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Movie cameras made an earlier start in the development for being easier to hold, given the nature of their vital importance to secure steady holding for a certain time while shooting motion pictures.
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