I don't see it that way, but then I'm not constantly fiddling around with the settings.
Actually, if left on Auto, white balance never needs to be touched, and even if it's set to the "wrong" balance, it's a simple movement of a slider in ACR (and, I suppose, other RAW converters) to bring the WB where it needs to be. Metering is a personal thing, but, speaking for myself, I rarely change the metering mode, and will only use spot or center-weighted anyway. While I can understand wanting to change the metering mode, it's hard for me, with my experience and shooting style, to understand why one would want to change it frequently. How often do you change the metering mode, John, and under what circumstances? BTW, if you've not spent some time ~using~ the DS/2, it's understandable that you'd think using the menu system to make those changes is time consuming or difficult. Once the camera became familiar to me, making those changes was easy and quick. Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Coyle > What Mark said, in spades! And I would just add that the burying of control > features such as white balance and spot metering in the menu system in the > DS/DL variants was a big mistake, IMO. I modify these settings frequently > enough so that it would be a real PITA to have to work through the menu.
