While features like bright buttons have gradually become a bit more common in the industry, haptic feedback has been largely ignored, despite being a hugely popular feature in other tech. However, that may eventually change, as Canon’s patent for the shutter button vibrates.
The patent features a design of a simple vibration mechanism under the camera’s shutter button.
The patent application describes the dynamics of the system arising from the problem of mirrorless cameras operating so quietly that it is sometimes difficult to tell when one is actually taking a picture when using the electric shutter. death. On the one hand, one can simply turn on the confirmation sound, but for situations where silence is required, this is an interesting alternative.
Of course, most cameras show taking pictures in such situations through some sort of visual indication, such as a blinking box in the viewfinder, so this seems like a solution. to look for the problem, but I’m fully in favor of experimentation in implementing standard technology from the larger electronics sector. Whether we’ll see it in an actual consumer device remains to be seen, but it’s an interesting concept.
