Exercise 5: Tori

I don't think that I could go so far as to say that I 'hate' my old camera (pictured bottom left), but I will say that the new one (pictured top left) better suits my purposes.

The visibility of the DVX100 (top) is far superior. All camera functions are placed on the body, allowing for quick and easy changes. Additionally, the state of each function is clear via the use of dials and switches instead of buttons where necessary. So I can feel with my finger (without having to look away from the monitor) what my settings are.

The old camera required going into menus and used an organizational system that was not intuitive. This decreased the usability and therefore the image and sound quality, while simultaneously increasing frustration.

Mapping is also far superior with the newer camera. The joystick navigational tool for menu options up, down, left, right, and for forward, backward, play, stop creates easy navigation through menus and the VCR mode.

Credits:

I had to grab these images from the internet as my cameras are being lent out right now. The DVX100 was taken from here (and altered): http://www.compusales.com.mx/images/Videocamara%20AG-DVX100BP.jpg
and the PVGS70 was taken from here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K9Z3SMVVL.jpg&imgrefurl=http://shop.spack.net/p/pa/na/panasonic%2BPVGS70%2BMiniDV.B00008RUES.html&h=347&w=500&sz=27&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=IF6WXz1jbN7mvM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpanasonic%2Bpvgs70%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
and the thumbs up image was from here: http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/hand-thumbs-up-2.jpg
The image inside the PVGS70 was taken by me in 2004 using that camera.



Also, I am obsessed with organization. These nesting Ziplock tupperware make my heart beat a little faster.

Nesting (Pg 104 under hierarchy).