"I have frequently thought all the feature options are a pain in
the .... Either you spend too much time searching menus or you make
a mistake. Remember how much easier it was to learn how to use a
really well designed camera with a limited feature set? Working
around the mechanical limitation just became second nature. There are
frequent threads on the Nikon lists longing for the simplicity of a
digital version of the FM, the same way we have talked about a
digital OM."
Once I find myself agreeing with Winsor. Should I be disturbed?
This isn't just cameras. It's the whole business of adding microprocessors
to things that may or may not need them (refrigerators?), and as processors
get stronger, engineers and marketing executives just can't stop. Look at
the new BMW's with the much maligned i drive.
I think that cameras have been designed by engineers that don't particularly
like to take pictures. Looking back to my days in the aircraft plant, there
were more engineers that were interested in my cameras than there were ones
that flew.
Bill Pearce
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