Concept handset features see-through camera viewfinder

by Brian White, posted Apr 6th 2007 at 5:13AM

Once in a while an image of a concept wireless handset gets us drooling -- and a see-through screen qualifies. Pei-Hua Huang, a recent grad of North Carolina State University, is touting the possibly future of cellphones in his wondrous "What You See Is What You Get" (aka, WYSIWYG) concept that houses a 50mm-equivalent camera along with a transparent frame as the cam's viewfinder. We're not sure what this concept would mean beyond that ultra-cool, see-through screen area used for a viewfinder, but we're onboard with ya, Pei. If the camera body slides outta the way of that super-big viewfinder, we'd love to see this concept in action. Let's get a production contract started with an ODM, mkay?

Filed under: Handsets, Misc

Tags: 50mm lens, 50mmLens, camera viewfinder, CameraViewfinder, cellphone camera, CellphoneCamera, Concept wireless handset, ConceptWirelessHandset

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Luke @ Apr 6th 2007 5:46AM

no zooming then i guess...

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Pat Horne @ Apr 6th 2007 12:29PM

Oh sure there is. Just move your face closer for wide angle shots and farther away for zooming. This thing oughta usher in the new world order. :-/

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Mac @ Apr 6th 2007 1:44PM

Waste of space, retarded

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kadajawi @ Apr 8th 2007 12:16PM

Looks nice, but terrible impractical. If you hold the thing too close to your eyes you think you're shooting a way wider angle than you are going to. If you hold the thing to far away, you get way more than you thought. Might aswell shoot with a Lomo or Holga... just hold the camera in the aproximately right direction...

Now if the thing had a zoom lens and some sensor to measure the distance to the eyes... that might be cool.

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dee smith @ Feb 16th 2008 8:34PM

we have lots of old slides taken back in the sixties. What I need is what was then called a viewfinder with batteries that you put the slide in then press and it lights up the slide for viewing.. The viewfinders of today do not seem to fit this desctiption at all. Where do I find what I am looking for or are they obsolete?

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