It is my belief that us men like 35mm cameras because they are phallic symbols and that is why they are so popular. Otherwise things like the folding camera with bellows or some type of box camera would have been selected for development. After all the external shape is only style and can be redesigned. Now that the need for a film container and transport mechanism has gone in the digital camera, the restrictions these impose are removed and I'm expecting (as exist already) a variety of cases and geometries to appear. After all a long lens may be folded to make it physically short and with the small size of the sensitive element this is easier and thus cheaper. I would have thought a design like a binocular would be a good one for wildlife photography, so the photographer could be looking through while taking photographs, similarly for sports photography. For normal family shots a miniature pocket camera is good as it is for normal tourists. However, my guess is that the 35mm imitation will continue to be the most popular just because of its shape, at least for men. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Talbot Sent: 12 December 2004 07:28 To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: PF Exhibits on 04 DEC 04 > The 35 mm camera and its digital imitation is the phallic symbol! If you have it, flaunt it. If you ain't got it - pretend you don't care. Chris, seriously, that's an odd comment to make.
