To look at this from a lateral point of view:
OK moving something left/right to mean up/down may not be intuitive, but
the item which is moves is a circular dial so if you move a different
section of the dial (eg the right hand side) it goes up and down which
would be more intuitive.
OK so it may not be as comfortable to do this, but may help your brain
figure out which way is up and down to think in this way.
Rob Brigham
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From: Francis Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 11 June 2001 10:21
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MZ-S gripes
I see you point here Paal, about how it should be "fast". But I don't
agree with your idea that there is a naturally intuitive direction to
turn the wheel to make a horizontal bar move left or right.
For example, a cyclist would push the right handle forward to turn the
bike left - which most people would agree is quite natural. But pilots
push the left pedal forward to make a plane yaw to the left. Which is
more "natural"?
Frank.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 02:33:50AM +0200, P�l Jensen wrote:
> Isaac wrote:
>
> > Didn't we all learn with the good old match needle? It went up and
down
> > too, and it never seemed to confuse people. The shutter speed
indicators
> > in my LX are vertical, as are a couple of other Pentax cameras. I
have
> > never heard of this being a problem before...
>
>
> But the MZ-S and the Z-1p is totally different ball game. The point
with the MZ-S interface is that you can instantly switch between auto
exposure an manual mode. Ie. manual mode can be just as fast in
operation as auto mode. For this you ned an intuitive relationship
between interface and readout. Can anyone tell me whats the intuitive
way to turn a horizontal dial in order to get a bar on a scale to move
upwards?
> This isn't about over and under exposure but + and - which are the
symbols you see in the viewfinder. An up and down scale operated by a
left/right wheel has to be learned; a horizontal bar with an horizontal
wheel don't; its totally intuitive. Personally I'm unable to learn the
direction on the Z-1p because it isn't logical. Besides, I do believe
all other cameras on the planet have horizontal bars possibly for a good
reason.
> I do believe that Pentax is aware of this problem. After all they have
implemented a custom function where you program which direction on the
wheel in order to give under or over exposure. This of course would have
been totally unecesary if the exposure bar was horisontal.
--
Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh.
Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland.
Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215
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