Jan, I noticed something in those HVX Pix.

[evinsky]

The battery release button seems situated directly under the record button.
At first glance this may seem far enough away but having shot countless hours handheld and running with the DVX I am constantly hitting the earphone jack cover with my thumb. The battery release is in the same spot on the HVX and if I hit that then I could send my battery flying off the camera ruining my shot and possibly the battery or the producer's latte. I may be jumping the gun, this may be just an interlock, but it is these details that can make a camera really frustrating to use. I'd hate to have to tape over my battery release. A better place may be the bottom or underneath the audio pots, maybe make it recessed or under a hood. Something you can rest your thumb on. I'm sure your engeniers will figure it out.
Hope this Helps.
E.

 

[soarprod]

I dont think this will be a problem in the final version. The guys building this camera are pretty smart when it comes to design and useability.

 

[ChuckS]

You’d think they were. I used to work for a company where most of the major equipment manufacturers would bring prototype equipment and concepts to use for review and advice on what more needed to be done to complete it. At the time exabyte storage was a big deal, Sony showed up with a petabyte tape storage system that they had named the “Petafile.” I just looked at the American engineer and asked him if he was serious and he told me it was ok it was spelled differently. It is now called the PetaStore…

So when you think people who design this stuff are smart – some are, many aren’t…

 

[scharky]

Ha HA, that's a great one. I wonder if that project was refered to as the "MJ project".

I have many friends that are engineers, and while they are smart as hell at what they do, math, design, and whatever else, most of them are fairly oblivious to social cues and acceptable social behavior. NOW NO ONE JUMP DOWN MY BACK, I AM NOT SAYING THAT ALL ENGINEERS ARE SOCIALLY OBLIVIOUS, but we all have things that we are good at, and engineers are probably not the best ones to be consulted when naming a project. I wonder if that project was refered to as the "MJ project".