Camera system with a square-profile camera

A camera system, comprising:

• a camera, comprising:
• a front face and a rear face each having a substantially square cross-section, the front face comprising a camera lens centered on the front face, and the rear face comprising a communicative interface;
• a top face, a bottom face, a left face, and a right face each having a substantially rectangular cross-section, the top face comprising a user interface configured to allow a user of the camera to interact with the camera;
• and
• a housing, comprising:
• a housing body comprising four adjacent walls forming a band,
• wherein the camera fits flush within an interior of the band when the camera is compressibly secured within the housing, and
• wherein at least three of the four adjacent walls of the housing body consist of four integrally contiguous and orthogonal legs forming a rectangular frame.

A camera system, comprising:

• a camera, comprising:
• a front face and a rear face each having a substantially square cross-section, the front face comprising a camera lens centered on the front face, and the rear face comprising a communicative interface;
• a top face, a bottom face, a left face, and a right face each having a substantially rectangular cross-section, the top face comprising a user interface configured to allow a user of the camera to interact with the camera;
• and
• a housing, comprising:
• a housing body comprising four adjacent walls forming a band,
• wherein the band has a substantially square cross-section,
• wherein the camera fits flush within an interior of the band,
• wherein the housing body flexes to slidably admit the camera into the housing body through an opening and thereafter securely but releaseably holds the camera in the housing body, and
• wherein at least two of the walls have openings formed therein to afford access to the user interface of the camera when the camera is compressibly secured within the housing in either of two orientations.