The Nova DSLR Concept takes the standard, age-old, SLR and likewise DSLR camera enclosure idea, and asks the oh so important question - why do DSLR's have to be shaped like SLRs? And the answer is, they don't! Aside from the sensor, and the lens itself, the camera enclosure itself need look nothing like its film counterparts, yet year after year we see revisions of the same old design.
Erin Fong has sought to change this stagnation of thinking. Instead he asks the question, what camera design would be most appropriate for a variety of holding styles? What design would make changing settings, zooming, etc. all readily available, at the tips of one's fingers?
The design above attempts to find a truly original answer to these ongoing questions. True, this concept is nothing more than that, just a concept, yet such "out of the box" thinking is quite promising. I'd never even considered the true necessity of my current DSLR design. As with many consumer electronics we assume they are shaped the way they are due to necessity, but often we fail to realize, with continual advances in technology, such barriers are constantly being altered.
Who said designing a new product actually had to mean designing a new device? How about redesigning a new product to make it more efficient? Sure, engineers should think of these things, but digital designers need to as well! Looking at what is already there provides much more doors to open than the single door into the truly unknown.
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