Nor Syuhada Binti Che Hasbolah (65017)

Introduction

This is individual assignment under Human Factors and Ergonomics for the second year student in the Bachelor of Science with Honors (Cognitive Sciences) from the Faculty Science Cognitive and Human Development, UNIMAS. The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to explore more about interface and it is for student to understand the reasons of the successes and failures of interface. Besides, the purpose of the assignment is also to discuss on how the design of the interface influence the interaction as well as how it can effects the overall user experience. For this assignment, I had chosen DSLR camera which is Canon EOS 1100D for the interface. The reason why I choose this interface is because of the DSLR camera itself consist of many control button that the beginners may be difficult to use it and the other reason is because I love to snap picture and shoot some videos but I do not know on how to use DSLR camera so by choosing this interface I could learn more about it. Furthermore, I can practice and understand more in using a Norman’s Interaction Diagram where I could know on how users would go about doing the task on the DSLR camera. Along this assignment, there are 4 components that must be discussed which are the user, tool, task and environment. For the user, there must be about the user characteristic. For the tool, it should have the determination on the category of display and control. For the task component, it should have the identification of the task required to perform the interface. For the environment part, it should describe more about the environment that interface is located in.

User

Persona :

Her full name is Norlia Binti Salleh and she is 24 years old. She is an active photographer, vlogger, and Youtuber. She owns a youtube channel and her youtube channel subscribers have reached 24K subscribers. She is very passionate about photography and videography. She works under production which is Kakkoi Studio Production. Norlia always goes for travel and she will go out to travel every 2 months. She has already traveled around 10 countries so far which are Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, the UK, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, Egypt, and Dubai. She loves to go for travel because she likes beautiful scenery and by looking at it she will be satisfied and happy with it. As she is an active photographer, she always brings along her DSLR camera which is Canon EOS 1100D and every time she travels, she needs to submit a photo that she took to her production manager. The time duration given to Norlia to submit the photos is within 48 hours because her picture will be published directly to her production website. Noria’s characteristic is a simple person and she dislikes something that will trouble her while doing the thing that she likes. Noelia also is a quick-witted person where she does not waste time in vain and in trivial matters. She is a meticulous person where the photo that she took must be perfect. Also, Norlia is a punctual person which she is discipline with her schedule.

Motivation :

Norlia loves to take the photo as it could make her satisfied and happy with the thing that she been doing. She loves to see nature and each culture in the world. When she travels, she could gain a lot of knowledge and by taking those photos, it can be used for the memories. By submitting those photos to her production manager and her photos published, she could share with the world about the uniqueness of each country in the world. She could allow viewers to see the beauty of other countries just by looking at her photos and this makes Norlia happy when she can make others happy. Besides, the other of Norlia’s motivation is she wants to promote the country with her creativity.

Goals :

Norlia’s goals in her carrier and one of it, is she wants to have a photo editor in the DSLR camera. This is because she does not have much time to edit the photos via laptop as she needs to submit all of the photos that she took to her production manager within 48 hours and at the same time she needs to focus on her next schedule during her travels. She wants to submit those photos early so that she could focus on her travel schedule and she could focus on the next idea on taking a new photo. Besides, the photo that she submit must be perfectly edited. In addition, she wants to send those photos directly from her camera.

Frustation :

As she’s done taking the pictures, she needs to edit all of those pictures on the laptop by using Photo Editor Tool and she uses Adobe Photoshop. By doing that, it will waste her time as she needs to transfer all of the photos into her laptop first and then need to open up her photo editor tools to edit the photos. Norlia does not have much time for her to edit it as she needs to go for her next schedule and need to take another photo in another place. Sometimes, she is not being able to submit her photo on time. This situation can cause Norlia to stress and it can lead to burnout.

Scenario :

Tool

The control display type of Canon EOS 1100D camera is discrete control because there is a physical feel which is the buttons on the camera and some of the buttons are separated individually. The camera feedback for each of the buttons is display on the camera LCD monitor. Besides, the type of display for the camera is static display where each of the camera buttons has fixed symbols on it and the display will change depend on the action taken.

Example :

1) Power button. If the button turns to the ‘on’ side, the viewfinder eyepiece will open.

  • Power Button
  • Viewfinder eyepiece

2)Dial mode control button. When it is turn to portrait symbol, the camera LCD monitor will display a short explanation about the mode chosen.

  • Dial mode control button.
  • Display on the LCD monitor.

3)Live View Shooting button. When we press the button, the viewfinder eyepiece will close and camera LCD monitor will be on.

  • Live view shooting button.
  • Display on the camera LCD monitor.

4)Camera zoom ring. When the ring turn clockwise, the picture will be zooming it, in contrast the picture will be zooming out.

  • Camera zoom ring
  • Picture display before zoom.
  • Picture display after zoom.

5)Camera focus ring. When the ring turn, the focus object will become clearer.

  • Camera focus ring.
  • Picture display before focus.
  • Picture display after focus.

6)Shutter button. When we press the shutter button, the picture will be taken and we could hear the ‘click’ sound.

Camera shutter button.

7)Playback button. When we press the button, it will view the picture that we took.

Camera playback button.

Task

The task that Norlia needs to do in order to achieve her goal which is take a portrait picture creatively and perfectly. Steps that required for the Norlia to accomplish her goal is :

1)Switch the power to turn on the power.

2)Press the Image Stabilizer (IS) shutter halfway to set IS switch on. It is to obtain a sharper shot by correct the shot when the camera is shaking.

3)Press the focus mode shutter button halfway into Manual Focus <MF> side to set the camera into manual focus.

4)Turning the mode dial into <portrait mode> to set the camera into portrait mode which let it line up with the tiny line to the left.

5)Press <live view shooting> button to switch to live view shooting and live view image display on the camera LCD monitor.

6)Turn the zoom ring on the lens with your finger to zoom at the object that you want to take.

7)Turn the focus ring on the lens with your finger to focus the object in order to make the focus object clearer.

8)Press the shutter button completely to snap a picture.

9)Press the <playback> button to display the picture taken.

This is example pictures taken :

This is my cousin from Thailand and this picture taken at my village in Pattani.

Environment

Type of activity :

The DSLR camera is suitable for the indoors and outdoors activity. This is because the camera itself can be taken anywhere and everywhere. The user can use for the indoor activity such as event in the hotel, Khatam Al-Quran ceremony and other indoor activities. Besides, as for the outdoor activity, the user could use the camera for the Sport Day at School, Travel and other outdoor activities.

Temperature :

As the camera can be taken anywhere, so there is no static temperature for it but the camera has its range of temperature where it cannot be too hot and cannot be too cold. The temperature range for normal working is 32-104°F which is 0-40°C. Exposure to extreme heat will impact the camera battery and it can cause certain component of the camera broken.

Weather :

In addition, the weather for Canon EOS 1100D DSLR Camera is it needs to be in a dry place where the DSLR camera must not be exposed to rain and water as it will cause a rusting if the water touch the wrong components and it can cause the camera to die. Besides, the camera also should not be used in the cold weather as it can cause the permanent damage to the camera.

Light :

Lastly, as for the light environment, it is suitable to any kind of lighting for example flat light, broad light, short light and split light. This DSLR camera can be taken anywhere so any kind of light is suitable for the Canon EOS 1100D camera and it could come out with the best picture result.

Photo of the environment :

  • This is for indoor activity.
  • This is for outdoor activity.