It's pretty ironic having an argument about one button, when what's really needed is a camera with a radical redesign, and it's something we'll have to adapt to. Isn't it kinda weird that mirrorless cameras
look like SLRs? The only reason they have that shape is because of the mirror. The only reason they're "ergonomic" is because that's what people are used to. I don't mind having a camera that matches what I'm used to, but the camera industry doesn't need to worry about appealing to me.
The industry is getting clobbered and needs a bridge between mobile phones and "real cameras". Lots of people who take pictures with their smartphone are interested in doing
more with their photography, but existing ILCs are too foreign and the interface is insanely dated. In a lot of markets, many people
only have a smartphone; they don't have a laptop, and sure as hell don't have a workstation.
Basically,
exactly what Tony & Chelsea Northrup proposed. I'd love that for a travel camera.
Could you imagine Pokemon Go, but instead of catching AR Pokemon, you photograph real birds? A "bokeh badge" achievement for taking 50 photos with a fast prime? Achievements for shooting in manual? Posting to Instagram straight from your large sensor? You could make it all retro-hipster looking with lots dials and stuff. Custom Minecraft cases!