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Re:Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing by ISL on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:28PM (#15350793)
A dovetail would change the way a camera feels in-hand. For all the non-Arca-Swiss users, a dovetail would forever be caught on things without adding utility.
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Re:Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing by ricardobeat on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:52PM (#15351069)
It doesn't have to stick out - think two ridges on the underside, but the whole bottom is still flat.
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Re:Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing by phinnaeus on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:26PM (#15351391)
I wish the author had explained this better. It seems obvious now but initially I was having the same confusion as some of the ancestor comments.
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Re:Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing by snowwrestler on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:30PM (#15354335)
Exactly.
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