Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have bought a EOS 1Ds Mk2. Once you have managed to get into the mode you want with double button pushes or holding down or...... inconsistent user interface the position of the rear dial and index finger dial is excellent. It is just doing anything else or changing anything is a massive pain. It does look neat and uncluttered though, if one prefers looks to speed of use. The results are super, but I hate the user interface as much as the 10D, which is different BTW, very naff since once one has laboured to assimilate the obtuse user interface it has you would have at least thought the learning would be useful on another Canon - but no. I am embarrassed to say on this list that the best thing about the Canon is the image quality. Frank On 30 Jan, 2005, at 17:43, Sam Krneta wrote: > Feli, > > I read a review on the Minolta and the reviewer was actually impressed > by > the fact that most controls were physically do-able without having to > navigate thru menus. He was also impressed with the IS and the > engineering > behind it. I would consider the Minolta except for the fact that it is > 6 > megapixels at a time when Canon has already gone to 8. I suppose this > is a > game we as consumers will not win. How much is enough as apposed to > having > the latest greatest. In reality for the kind of shooting and printing > I do 6 > is enough but it sure is nice to be able to crop and still retain image > quality. Always a compromise isn't it? > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+skrneta=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+skrneta=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Feli > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:38 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] amazing... > > I just took another look at the layout of the Minolta. The two large > dial control program > mode and exposure compensation. Shutter speed / aperture is controlled > via two small > dial in in front / behind the shutter release. But a lot of other > functions that normally > would be buried in the main menu can directly be accessed by buttons. > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/konicaminolta7d/ > > f > > > On Jan 30, 2005, at 3:24 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> This is a big deal IMHO. If I wasn't committed by considerable expense >> to Canon I would buy one. The Canon interface is poor but of course it >> is more difficult to style a camera with knobs and, of course very >> much more expensive to make, The top Minolta P&S has them and the >> other model, otherwise about the same spec but with the normal button >> and menu type interface is not much more than half the price. >> Frank >> >> On 30 Jan, 2005, at 07:51, Feli wrote: >> >>> Minolta. It actually appears to have dials like a 'real' camera to >>> change such settings. >> > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >