WVIL Threatens the Existence of the Digital Camera

Forget everything you know about digital photography. The WVIL, a concept camera made by the creative geniuses at Artefact, is threatening to change everything you thought you knew about taking photos on a DSLR. You don’t have to stand behind your lens, you don’t have to download photos from a memory card to a computer, you don’t have to use a complicated series of buttons and controls, but you might have to answer a call in between photos.

Concept Camera: The WVIL from Artefact on Vimeo.

So what is it?  It’s a redesign of not only the digital camera, but more importantly, the redesign of digital photography. WVIL stands for “Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens”, and it is meant to be controlled by an interface that can be installed on your smart phone to control a lens that actually holds the sensors and camera components. Think about the effects that operating system such as android and the iphone OS have had on smart phones.  Now imagine the same change and evolution that can be brought to the digital camera with dual innovation in hardware and software.

The sky is the limit for this concepts as our technology and wireless capabilities continue to evolve based on the demands of creative ideas.