Look through the tube for a shot

Leonard Goh | May 15, 2008

While we are quick to conclude that this concept camera was designed by a famed Italian fashion house, it turns out industrial design student Manuel Perez Prada has absolutely no association with the label.

The tube-like conception is what Prada perceives future dSLRs will look like. While I am comfortable with the design of today's cameras, I can't help but to be intrigued by the mechanisms and layout of his concept.

Rings around the camera can be turned to dictate different functions, ranging from a power switch to "adjusting the camera for the user", according to the designer, although we are not sure how that one works.

The circumference of the lens looks like a ring flash, which seems to be a hot photographic peripheral this year. This also brings to mind that a dSLR's advantage is the ability to use different lenses. Though we aren't sure how optics are going to be changed on this model.

Call me traditional, but until someone can convince me that this camera will not roll off the table and fall to pieces, I'm sticking to the old, chunky design.

Via Yanko Design | Picture credit: Manuel Perez Prada

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