Ubi-Camera uses your fingers as its viewfinder
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Ubi-Camera lets your fingers do the framing (Photo: DigInfo)
Ubi-Camera in wide-angle mode (Photo: DigInfo)
Ubi-Camera in wide-angle mode (Photo: DigInfo)
Ubi-Camera in telephoto mode (Photo: DigInfo)
The prototype Ubi-Camera (Photo: DigInfo)
The prototype Ubi-Camera (Photo: DigInfo)
Article Summary
Framing a shot with one's hands is almost as big a part of photography as having your subject say "cheese," but a camera and its viewfinder have always been a part of the equation, too ... until now, that is. A team at Japan's Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in Ogaki are working on an innovative prototype fingertip "Ubi-Camera" (Ubi is Latin for where) that lets the user's fingers set the frame – a development that could literally make composing shots, well, a snap. At the very least, it'll give new meaning to the term "digital" photography when (and if) it hits market.
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