Frank Ernens wrote:
>
> "Be careful what you wish for; it might come true."
>
More ergonomic problems with the OM-4:
12. In AUTO mode, it is not at all clear what shutter speed is
being used, because there are no tick marks on the scale.
13. In manual mode, the +- scale is too long. You have to move
your eyeball to read it, rather than taking it in at a glance.
14. In manual mode, slower shutter speeds are to the right,
while higher exposure causes the bar graph to move to the left
(as mentioned in (2) in my previous posting.) This is very
disconcerting, and the manual even warns against getting
confused by it. Eight-segment displays would have been much
better.
And, of course,
15. You can't set shutter speed in 1/3 stops for use with
fixed-aperture (mirror) lenses.
16. No aperture in the viewfinder.
About point (2): N*k*n also have the exposure (compensation)
number line running backwards with + at the left and - at the
right, and it is therefore "standard" in the industry. Like
column shifts used to be in cars. Obviously, it is impossible
to win market share from N*k*n just by imitating their products.
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