Thanks for the report Mark - very interesting.
Bill's comment got me thinking... This may be too geeky, but why not
an option to connect the camera to my computer (Mac or Windows) and
walk through an initial setup on a big screen. Including options for
rearranging menu items, setting defaults, etc. It might not make
sense for an entry-level camera, but for someone who knows what they
want, it would be a great tool. Take the UI beyond the bare minimum,
and you could have a Help/Information screen linked to every setting,
with explanations of the implication, e.g., of an other-then-neutral
setting of the Saturation slider, and how it matters more if you use
jpeg than if you use PEF or RAW.
Imagine a camera store (remember camera stores?), the customer service
guy (remember service?) plugging your new camera into the computer on
the counter and walking you through the menu options...
stan
On Sep 18, 2009, at 10:11 AM, William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts"
Subject: Re: Back in beantown! ...and a further NYC report (long)
He seemed very impressed by the K7. His only negative comment was
about how some features are buried in menus, a problem with many,
many
consumer products these days as manufacturers put more capabilities
into every device.
The problem isn't with menu burying, the problem is a combination of
no customizable menus (where the user could group their most used
options onto one page) and the camera's insistence on defaulting to
page one rather than the last page viewed.
William Robb
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