Since the first cameras were invented, curious photographers have used their fingers to create window through which they can view their scene. It is a common and natural motion to create a frame using ones fingers and to peer through it as if looking into a photograph, yet until now no commercial camera has capitalised on this habit.
The motivation behind this design was to make an unassuming object which could be integrated into the natural gesture of making a frame with ones hands. The body is designed to be sleek and tactile while closed, but once opened up it sits tall in the hand extending to create the left edge of the photos frame. The user can then complete the frame using their other hand. To ensure the camera takes a photo of roughly what the user will see through thier hands, the lens would be a fixed prime, at the focal length equivalent to the average person peering through a frame made via their half outstretched arms.
The buttons and controls for the camera are along the inside face of the top opened arm. The settings are deliberately primitive, giving control over aperture, shutter speed, and below that a shutter button to take the photo. There is no on/off switch; the camera is activated when opened. These simple controls, which are also hidden when folded away, allow the user to concentrate solely on the subject, never breaking eye contact or missing any of the scene.
