>From: steve harley <[email protected]> > > on 2011-09-28 11:32 William Robb wrote >> Which default will give Pentax the greater frequency of repair requests that >> require significant tech time? >> >> 1) You mount a non A series lens and the camera bricks. >> 2) You mount a non A series lens and the camera gives wildly incorrect >> exposures? > > in the software industry, this is called "support"; do you really think Pentax > (or Ricoh) spends much or thinks much about support? if support were a big > concern i'd think it would be option (3) ? Pentax would have done usability > tests and adjusted the design accordingly >
As a software developer, this is probably why I find the F-- message combined with the illogical (to me) default so onerous. It could have easily said, "Set CF 37 to enable use of this lens" or "Use CF menu 6 to enable use of this lens". Even if it said "F37" that would be a tiny hint. To put F-- and nothing else is plain sloppy, lazy, and almost a disservice. If it would have done either of the first two messages above I would have been on my way in under a minute. Tom C. -- 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.
