In this writing Dziga Vertov is arguing that the kino-eye, or eye of the camera is more valuable then the human eye. The base to his theory is that "we cannot improve the making of our eyes, but we can endlessly perfect the camera."
Vertov claims that you can capture so much more with a camera then what you can with a pair of eyes. Vertov wants to push the boundaries using cameras. I think his line, "until now, we have violated the movie camera and forced it to copy the work of our eye," means that he believes that we are only using a camera to record the obvious. Why would you film a ballet from a spectators spot when you could record it from the dancer on stage? He wants people to push and challenge the perspective by which they film.
Vertov wants to make the viewer see in the manner that is best suited for each specific phenomenon. If I don't say so myself, I think Vertov might be the head spokesperson for the modern day GoPro. The idea of why would I film someone jumping off a diving board from the pool deck when I could be filming in the perspective of the person jumping?
The camera has the ability to carry the viewer's eyes from one stimulus to another which human eyes alone wouldn't be able to do. Overall, it seems like Vertov prioritizes perspective and exaggeration of certain stimuli over everything. Vertov is taking a step forwards and want to focus on the cameras ability to create rather than copy.
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