It appears Nokia decided not to allow access to the camera, partly because of some weird 'accidental activation' non-issue.

This is a shame, because I rather expected a device with a camera (or two) to have this feature :-(

If you agree this would be a valued addition, could you add your vote to issue #1889 ?

That link in full : https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1889