The venerable business has patented a vibrating shutter button, which could appear in new camera models from the company soon.
The new Canon patent is not too complicated. It comprises of a tiny vibration device that is tucked away under one of its cameras' shutter buttons.
When the shutter button is depressed, the vibrating motor starts to work and snaps a picture.
Canon claims that the idea behind the vibrating patent for these keys is to ensure that customers may take a photo confidently without having to look at the LCD screen.
Modern mirrorless cameras have gotten so silent, according to Canon, that it's often difficult to tell. This is especially true for models with whisper-quiet physical shutter mechanisms and quiet electronic shutter features.
Of course, users can always set many camera models to have an electronic shutter sound, but sometimes silence is helpful and golden when a photographer wants to have a quick, tangible confirmation that they have captured their intended photo.
Canon's response to this is the vibrate feature on the shutter button.
Of course, users can check the LCD panel to see when a new picture has been taken, and they can also check the photo quantity readout to see if there is enough memory for one more picture. However, all of these capabilities demand some level of user distraction.
It does make sense to use the shutter vibrate button to confirm short and discrete photos without pausing to verify anything else.
Some have referred to this as a problem looking for a solution, but I disagree. It's a little, valuable feature that is simple to imagine being helpful. Why can't contemporary electronic digital cameras include haptic functions if cell phones do?
When Canon begins to release actual cameras with vibrating shutter buttons, we'll see. If I had to guess when they would appear, I'd say late in 2023.