Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] amazing...
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Sun Jan 30 14:05:11 2005
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At 5:57 PM +0000 05.1.30, Frank Dernie wrote:
>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.

The professional series (EOS 1 series) cameras make it hard to change 
a setting by mistake. So all major setting changes require two hands 
and four thumbs.  The majority of professional photographers in 
Canon's clientele (mainly sports and PJ) prefer this as they "set and 
forget" and shoot and shoot and shoot.

The consumer and prosumer series are designed to make setting changes 
easily. But as anyone who has had the *@!*! mode dial switch to the 
wrong setting by accident in the camera bag can attest, it's just a 
bit too easy.

Ideally, Canon should have a custom function on the 1-series that 
would revert mode changes to single button as an OPTION.

Karen



Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/

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