Stop making sense, dammit! It's embarrassing the rest of us.
Another set of factors that few saleswonks bother with is how a camera body
or lens handles. In many cases ergonomics is everything. Especially when
many cameras in the same price range offer the same features. How those
features can be *accessed* makes the difference.
Much as I like my old Can-not-an-OM-on FD gear, and like *some* of the EOS
stuff, the first time I handled an EOS-1 I was struck with how non-intuitive
it was to handle. It wasn't the mere absence of dials - my T70s don't have
dials - but the totally foreign feel and arrangement of most controls.
Instant turn-off. Same with just about every AF SLR I've tried.
The Oly ZLRs seem to have got it right, but the camera pushers aren't crazy
about 'em 'cause there aren't many acce$$orie$ to $ell.
It's not just an anti-wonderbrick bias. I never liked the Nik-not-an-OM-on
Photomicwhatevers - oversized, clunky, clumsy things. Didn't care for the
Can-you-know-the-rest F1 for similar reasons.
Lex
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From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: HiFi
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:35:24 +0000
But, you know, when was the last time you went into a photo store and above
each collection of brands was a selection of photos taken with that gear?
This would be equivalent to going into a hifi store and listening to all
the
different brands and attempting to discern a difference. In the photo
world,
we are far too attached to test results than to the subjective quality of
lenses. The sales people are all basically convinced that most gear can
take
pictures well enough that you can't tell the difference, so they sell based
on price and features rather than performance. But, what would a "hi end"
photo store look like? Nice, plush interior, comfy chairs in front of light
tables, with lots of lupes and sample slides handy. Then, there would be
the
"slide show demo room"!!! "Ah, but sir, you have to be really serious
before
we let you in there." Black velvet covered walls, ten foot tall projection
screen, the very best in slide projectors, more comfy chairs, people
spending
hours at a time analyzing the differences between lens brands, get the
picture?????
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