Bob wrote: > Yours is a strange sentence to write in defence of an interface, because if it > is so misunderstood by so many people then it has failed, by definition.
In this case it isn't the interface, it's the user. Would you say that if somebody gear with their left hand in a car with steering wheel on the left side, then it's the car manufacturer who misplaced the gear lever? Or do you try to focus your lens with your right hand when hand holding your camera with the same hand, and then insist that the camera manufacturer messed up the interface? This is the level of this discussion. If my memory serves me right the interface is explained in the manual even if it is self evident. Like the Pentax LX, the MZ-S is a two handed camera (as opposed to the Z-1p, F100, all Canons). Since the camera does not enable the user to set aperture from the body, you're supposed to cradle the lens with your left hand to support the lens and zoom, focus and set the aperture. In addition, you activate the AF point selection with the same hand. Trying to activate the AF point selector with you right hand is just as silly as trying to set the aperture with the same hand. Unless, of course, you have incredibly long fingers. I like the two handed approach. It's far more ergonomic than the systems that demands that you do all settings with the same hand, preferably simultaneously while reading out what you're doing on a display located somewhere else. P�l - 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 .
