Alexander wrote:
> 1. When you think of something being "over or under" exposed you're
> naturally thinking vertically.
Maybe. But I was thinking about ergonomics. You turn a dial left - right for something
thats displayed up - down. Now do you turn the dial left or right in order to get the
bar to go up or down? Wouldn't it be easier if when you turned the dial to the left
the indicator moved left as well; ie. a horizontal bar?
> 2. The exposure bar in the PZ-1p is placed vertically along the right
> side of the image in the view finder (so Pentax is following recent
> tradition).
> Personally, I prefer the vertical display. I shoot B&W exclusively
> using the Hyper Manual mode with Spot metering and a modified Zone System
> approach. To me the vertical display seems natural.
I certainly don't. I envision exposure as something around a metered value; left -
right.
I have constant problem with the bar orientation on the Z-1p; I always have to think -
its not intuitive to me. I also always turn the dial the wrong way on the Z-1p; even
when setting ISO value - I initially turn the dial the wrong direction. I suspect my
problem is that its not intuitive to me what way to turn a horizontal dial in order to
get a vertical scale to go up or down.
P�l
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