Picture this: your old man takes a picture of you when you were a kid. Of course the camera used was a film camera with a viewfinder that enabled the shooter (in this case your dad) to compose the shot before actually committing the scene to film. A steady hand and some experience were essential for a photographer in those days not to end up with a lousy picture; you only got one chance to shoot a good picture per frame.

                                              I can't help but think that the Asus Eee PC had something to do with the naming of this device..
 

Today, we have digital cameras with instant playback or even ”Live View” wherein the pictures can be instantly composed through an LCD screen without even once peering through a traditional viewfinder, and “film” that is limited in quantity only to the extent of a memory card’s capacity (a lot more pictures than the typical film camera). Point-and-shoot digital cameras are increasingly found with no viewfinders at all, instead encouraging the use of the LCD to compose shots and to provide an instant review option to the pictures taken.

                                             I wonder if it can serve as storage as well?

In other words, taking pictures have become mechanical and soulless, especially when considering the point-and-shoot types of digital cameras. SLRs remain a bastion of photography enthusiasts’ uhhmm.. enthusiasm, but for the rest of the picture-taking public, the sweet challenge of getting a picture just right and the process leading to the taking of that picture has been lost, and worse, not a lot of people care. Besides getting everybody to buy an SLR and forcing them to learn the basics of photography, what else can be done?

Enter the Eazzzy~! (yes, with the exclamation point) USB Digital Camera, a device that with its utter simplicity and innovation puts back the challenge of composing your shots: it has no LCD! It doesn’t have a viewfinder either, as a matter of fact, or even a flash button, or a wheel selector for various options - white balancing, aperture, shutter speed, red-eye reduction, timer, color adjust – all these are conspicuous in their absence, but most conspicuous is this camera’s size. Barely thicker than an average USB flash drive, and about 50% wider, this itty-bitty device sports a raised “lens” housing, a shutter button, an on-off slider switch and a tiny flash element.

                                             Taking the pic may be harder, but transfer is the easiest with this device.

With this device, you can once again experience the thrill of the unknown – namely how your shot came out after fumbling around in front of your grinning subjects, and whether what you’re doing is in fact photography and not some kind of perspective test. In fact this device one-ups the old film cameras of yore since you have to get used to its field of view on-the-fly while taking pictures. Its saving grace is of course the fact that it is a digital camera – in fact it provides one of the easiest ways to transfer a picture from the camera to a computer or laptop – just remove the cap and plug it in – the pictures are instantly available for viewing on the computer.

                                             Imagine that: you have to use your imagination to take a picture!

With this device, point-and-shoot photography has once again been blessed with a modicum of difficulty, but with a modern twist – even if you’re not sure what picture you’ve taken, you can always take it again and again without worrying about wasted film. The photographic process can't get any easier than plugging something into a USB port. Just think of a way to keep your subjects’ grins from souring while you're shooting your multiple pics and you’re ready to go.