The thing that disturbs me is that shooting functions should be the
default when you're shooting, setup functions should be enabled when
setting up. Most of the functions enabled by default using the four way
selector switch are more like setup functions, (except for the flash
compensation control). They put a locking button on the mode dial and
take away direct access to the AF sensor in AF sensor select mode? That
makes no sense at all from a usability standpoint It does maintain
consistency in a small way, but sometimes consistency has to be
sacrificed to usability.
Michael Gaudet wrote:
If my camera was given to abhorrent behavior and doing strange things
on its own, I wonder if I wouldn't think it was possessed. I know I'd
be jealous if took better pictures without me.
I can understand the frustration if it seems unpredictable, but the
buttons' AF point selection and reversion to Fn should be entirely
predictable, based on the criteria of the manual that explicitly
states that changing modes on the camera reverts the buttons to Fn.
That sounds in keeping with what most K-7 users have seen so far. If
you know what to expect, there's no mystery.
I think we need a few more people to verify William's observation of
the "arbitrary" reversions. I know I've seen cameras do strange
things, but I'm not entirely convinced yet.
In so far as the manual is concerned (p. 124), if you switch AF modes,
the AF point is stored, even if you turn the camera off.
Michael
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:20:25 +0200
From: AlunFoto <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Changing focus area on K-7
For a typical autofocus-intensive shoot; ie. bird photography, I
typically alternate between multi-point AF and point-selection. The
arrangement with the ring around the 4-way controller on the hitherto
cameras has worked very well for this alternation. It is operable
without removing the eye from the viewfinder.
How does K-7 operation of the corresponding switch around the AF button work?
Does the K-7 remember the selected focus point if one flips to
multi-point and then back to point-selection?
Jostein
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