On 12/24/2010 9:48 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Sounds as though you need a K7 or K5, John... but it wouldn't make other
photographers behave any better...
To make make other photographers behave, he needs a Cannon, preferably
automatic, in the 30mm range...
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Fri, 12/24/10, John Sessoms<[email protected]> wrote:
I carry my K20D on a "sniper" sling.
The controls need stronger detents.
I wasted shots because the the camera slipped from Av to Tv
or TAv or Sv or X or any other mode except the shooting mode
I wanted it to be in.
The shake reduction switch moved to off several times as
well, and the auto-focus point selection would move from
spot to SEL and it would not be the point I wanted. Seemed
to move around at random. I even had the battery grip switch
move from Off to On& take groups of photos because the
shutter release on the battery grip was against my side.
The random modes the controls would switch to would not
give me an acceptable exposure.
While I eventually learned I had to make a control check of
all these points every time I lifted the camera to shoot, it
took time and I was not able to make some shots I wanted
because the moment passed while I was still attempting to
get the camera returned to a functional mode.
The rubber eye cup is extremely flimsy. It has torn almost
completely off the camera. Either it should be strengthened
or the replacement cost should be reduced commensurate with
the frequency it's going to require replacement from simple
use.
I had none of these problems with the LX by the way. Every
time I put it to my eye, the controls were exactly as I had
left them the last time I used them.
It was *Rock Solid* all the way.
I also learned it does no good to compose your shots. While
you're doing so, the machine gunners will knock you down and
trample all over you ruining whatever composition you might
be attempting.
And then they got their feelings hurt when I told them I
didn't care to be trampled on while I was trying to compose
a shot; that I was somehow anti-social not to value the
privilege of being elbowed out of the way by them.
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