Point and Shot: Not a good design idea
Originally published at Durosia.com. You can comment here or there.
From the "What the heck were they thinkig department?"
Apparently, designer Franziska Dierschke has designed a point-and-shoot camera that makes it actually look like you're going to shoot.
Being in an area where a cop pulled out a gun during a snowball fight and where there's a history of people with badges and titles having problems with photographers taking pictures anyway, a camera like this is a tragedey waiting to happen.
Seriously, as a designer, there's some small need for practicality. Especially for something that's, in theory, meant to be mass produced and played with in the open. Every day there are instances when cops (both well-meaning and thuggish) draw down on someone who they think is brandishing a dangerous weapon. We get to hear about all that times they open fire and later discover that's not the case.
I guess the only bright side to being shot while swinging out a camera like the AimAt is that your next of kin will have a nice picture of what you saw last.
(Via Alltop - More on DC Photographers Rights)