So, what controls concern you, Joe? Maybe it's the way I use my camera, but I find that none of the needed controls are "buried down in electronic menus." All that's needed are aperture, shutter speed, and focus, and the meter can be set with a touch of the button or not, depending on what mode is being used - and the mode is on the dial.
Actually, I was a bit concerned about the menu business until I started using the DS. Essentially, it turned out to be a set-it-and-forget-it camera. The only thing I've gone into the mums for - and at that, not often - has been to format the SD card and to review the pics on the screen, which I don't do nearly as much as when I first got the camera. Of course, it's understandable that people shooting different subjects or with different styles may need to set the camera more often. However, based on your work that's been posted here, I just don't see much need to fiddle with stuff down in the menus, and that's why I'm curious about your need, real or imagined, to do so. Potential noise concerns me more, but we'll just have to wait to see how that is. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter > So then share -- what are the problematic layout issues with the > mid-level camera? And are we certain that the software is the same as > the D200, and how do we know this? > > -Aaron > > ---------- > > Mid-level camera: As with the DS, it looks like some controls will be > buried down in electronic menus. From the photo that was on the Russian > web site for a few hours, it looked like it will lack some of the > physical controls that the top model will have. This is to be expected. > The DS achieved some of its cost savings over the D by taking manual > controls and making them electronic. Most controls are still available, > just harder to access. This is a design feature of concern to me, since > there are some controls that I access often, and I want them to be > physical controls. [...] > I love the nearly noise-free images I get with my D at ISO 200. But I > want shake reduction, and I want shake reduction in a camera that has > the external controls of the D. So I will probably buy the D+. Will > Pentax's programmers find a better way to reduce noise without softening > the image than Nikon's programmers did? I will be pleasantly surprised > if they do, but Nikon's employees/contractors have good brains, and I > see no reason to expect Pentax to do better.
