On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:11 -0600, "William Robb" <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paul stenquist" > Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand > > > >I think a preference for a particular camera and user-interface judgments > >are somewhat a product of what one becomes accustomed to. When I was using > >the K10D exclusively, everything was automatic. I barely had to think. > >When I went back to it after using the K20D for a few months, I was > >confused and annoyed, even though it was quite similar. Just yesterday, > >after only about two weeks and some 900 frames with the K7D I switched > >back to the K20D to shoot a panorama. I had to pause and think about how > >to choose manual white balance. Any tool that is used every day becomes an > >extension of the hand and mind. > > This really points to a mistake that Pentax made with the K-7. While the > K10/K20 may not have perfect interfaces, the control layout is quite > logical. > This is not to say that the K-7 interface isn't logical, or an > improvement. > By changing the position of some of the oft used buttons and removing the > Fn > button, they have made it very difficult to switch between the two > cameras. >
I wish that I had that problem :-)> But I agree in principle. When I pick up the *istDS after using the K200D, I have to stop and think - particularly about what button to press to stop down the lens when I'm using the K50 1.4. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
