Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] To tempt Fuji X users?
From: abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 08:46:34 -0700
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On May 18, 2013, at 9:39 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> 
wrote:

> Well I bought the M adapter for mine but I don't seem to be able to get 
> the magnified view to come up for ease of focussing. It rather highlights 
> how dim I am when it comes to complex digital camera menu/button 
> combinations.

No, Frank, the problem isn't yours, it's the designers' who created a bad 
human interface.

The Japanese are fascinated with "features", so fascinated that it's almost 
a disease like autism where no feature is valued more than another so the 
user is forced to figure out what might be important. The user manuals 
appear to be written by people who have never taken a photo in their lives 
but who like legos a lot.

We deserve better than this.

Personally I think the Onion got it right about Sony (it's from The Onion 
and since "stupid piece of shit" is in the title you've been warned.)

<http://www.theonion.com/video/sony-releases-new-stupid-piece-of-shit-that-doesnt,14309/>

The most redeeming quality of the new M is its user interface.

Adam



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