Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thomas Kachadurian wrote: > How can I argue. I'll never forget the video that came with the first > Nikon > SB-24s. I had a few friends who passed it around like it was the secrect > key, without which you could enter the kingdom of AF. The little > buttons on > the side of the EOS-1n scare me, always have. Agreed, I'm really unhappy at the way the other manufacturers seem to have handed the whole digital marketplace to Canon/Kodak on a plate. I *like* the DCS520, I really admire the design and it works well, but as I said at the launch "call security, someone's stolen the aperture ring". I'm no luddite, but I simply cannot comprehend how a simple thing like a camera, with two exposure controls (one to change the size of the hole on the front, one to change the length of time you leave it open) can be 'simplified' into a morass of programs, modes and heaven knows what else. If the M7 has buttons and an LCD, I think I'll give up and buy a paint brush (or maybe a Gandolfi).