I NEED YOUR HELP WITH SCHOOL

I am a mechanical engineering student. My current assignment is “owning my own business.” I am to come up with a new product or redesign an existing product and discuss how to produce and market it as if it were my business.

My question to you is: what type of new or improved upon photography related product would you like to see on the market? Thanks in advance for your help.

School, still have nightmares I'm taking a final exam in a class I never attended, that I need for graduation.

I can't think of anything that is new because WIFI makes photography for newspapers and other news services a happening already. Maybe something in the line of taking the picture, having the data go to your laptop, but you can control the editing from your camera? And then print it up somewhere else for the customer?

with u doing mechanical engineering what i would like to see is a pole extension so that you can raise the camera up above a crowd and then fire the trigger or if you want something a bit harder the same product but the ability to control the angle of the camera from the base of the extension . do you get what im going on about??

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thats the sort of thing just not soo big was thinking maybe two 1m long sections just a thought

I have a couple ideas. How about a break-away flash foot?
The weak link in external flash-on-camera is the foot, which is at the end of a long leverage arm. Add something like the Wein safe Sync to reduce strobe trigger voltage & it's even worse. See the pic at the bottom.

So, design something that requires less force than what it takes to break the flash foot, & also keeps the flash from falling to the floor. It should be easy to reassemble without tools, too. Like in about 5 seconds?
Notice that you should try to maintain the electrical connection component, too.

It would also extend the flash higher, to cut down on red-eye.

I have an even harder one, if you need it.
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It is a mix of mechanical and electrical engineering, but mostly mechanical if you base it upon technology that some companies already have...

For the many 35mm film SLRs which have removeable back, design a replacement back which incorporates the digital sensor and support electronics for the sensor, to permit conversion of 35mm film camera to digital.

How about designing the mythical tripod - inexpensive, super-light, super-small (when collapsed), yet strong-enough and rigid-enough tripod for use with 200mm and 300mm L lenses coupled to a 2-1/2 pound camera body in a moderate breeze?

You would have no trouble marketing something that fills this niche. It seems that every day somebody gets on the forums asking for one.

These guys tried that years ago for 35mm, & failed (Bad link) Xhttp://www.siliconfilm​.comX/ They tried to put the electronics in a cannister sized enclosure & have the sensor where the film would normally be exposed.
Then it hit the "News" again in 2002: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1032​460933.html

Why DPReview doesn't like the idea: http://www.dpreview.co​m …12/00121501efil​magain.asp

I would like to see Canon come up with an 80-400 f/2.8L lens that can be hand held. With the current technology, I'd have to have a wheelbarrow to carry it.

I'd like to see a new 1D with a built-in phone. The quick-command dial can be used as a rotary dial, and you can hold the whole thing to your ear by the lens and talk into the microphone that's already there!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #2960520
These guys tried that years ago for 35mm, & failed (Bad link) Xhttp://www.siliconfilm​.comX/ They tried to put the electronics in a cannister sized enclosure & have the sensor where the film would normally be exposed.
Then it hit the "News" again in 2002: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1032​460933.html

Why DPReview doesn't like the idea: http://www.dpreview.co​m …12/00121501efil​magain.asp

Why DPReview didn't like the idea...

• The sensor is considerably smaller than a 35mm frame, that means that (a) you have a focal length multiplier and (b) you'll have to use a masked focus screen to be able to properly frame a shot.
  
• Technology has now overtaken the eFilm, there are lots of excellent digital cameras on the market, digital SLR's designed from the ground up to do the job are becoming more common place and prices will continue to drop next year. Remember, the eFilm is only 1.3 megapixel.
  
• Storage (maximum 24 frames) and battery capacity, once you fill the eFilm you have to offload the images before you can continue, no removable storage here and once the battery power is used you'll have to recharge it.
  
• Dust, nobody has yet explained how the ultra-sensitive CCD sensor surface is protected from dust / grime / damage, every time the eFilm is removed from the camera it will be exposed to the elements.
  
• LCD, there's no LCD, so you loose one of the most empowering features of digital photography, instant gratification.

Too bad you weren't their engineer!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #2960658
Too bad you weren't their engineer!

The relatively young guys in their group probably simply did not realize that 35mm cameras with removeable backs ever existed! They just needed to have an old f*rt around to consult with. They thought only 'inside the box' (actually, 'inside the film canister'). That is why I am offering the idea for this student to develop!

My Nikon F being one of them.