> The first time I picked up an EOS I could not figure out > the controls by just playing around for a few minutes. > This doesn't make it bad, or inefficent, but you do have > to read the directions. > Compared to my ZX-5...I didn't have to read the instructions. Intuitive is not having to read the manual. You are right, thought, the EOS isn't 'bad'...Canon makes a good camera, but in my experience the control system can be a little overwhelming for any user. > > The N70 probably had the slowest, clumsiest interface of > any camera made. Why? Because by making it menu driven > you didn't need the instruction manual. The F100 can use > and meter with any AI, MF lens. It's the N80 that > doesn't have the AI coupling and won't meter at all with > MF lenses. > I tried a MF Nikon lens without the A setting on the aperature ring...it didn't work for me. I may not have done something right. I can put an adapter on my ZX-5n and get screw mount lenses to meter - that's pretty backwards compatible. I can't think of any other camera company with an AF system that can offer that kind of consistancy, but I know that Pentax is starting to change some of this - : ( .
Thanks. Dave -- David Spaulding Photographer http://d.spaulding.tripod.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
