On Sep 23, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Frantisek wrote:
De gustibus non est disputandum.
... I think this is an useless debate, as it really depends on
one's preference
I wasn't really debating the matter. Just stating what I found in
the movement to these new control paradigms.
*) for example, with a mechanical aperture ring camera with AE I could
just whack the ring by force from stopped down for outdoors to wide
open indoors or, after some practice, almost exactly wanted number of
stops of difference, very quickly because it offers "direct sensual
feedback" (which the humans are good at) - the amount you turn the
aperture ring. With body control wheel, you have more precise control
but you can't whack the wheel fast enough at times, just because it is
recessed into the grip a lot, and still you don't have the direct
feedback of, even when blinded, turning the ring to the left stop then
turning it few clicks to the right.
Not entirely true, though. With the DS, I know from experience which
way to move the control wheel to obtain smaller and larger apertures.
I can crank it to the limit, then back off with a precise number of
clicks to the setting I want because I know exactly how much each
click nets me. It's really more the same than it's different.
... With body control wheel, you have to look at the display a bit
more. ..
I think that's "... you *tend* to look at the display a bit more..."
but it's really not a big deal. I tended to look a the aperture ring
when I had cameras that operated that way too. ;-)
In the end, it's not a big deal. A different way of working, you get
comfortable with it and it becomes second nature.
Godfrey
