Jim
I don't know about any other DSLRs, but the K-5 has a lock button on the mode
dial (as well as its being shielded by the prism housing).
I have used the mode dial on my S100 the most, switching between Av and C.
Chris
On 28 Sep 2012, at 23:00, Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I suspect a lot of the folks who would be most interested in the GH3
> already have purchased an OM-D. It looks interesting, but for me shares
> what could well be a deal killer with the OM-D, the pesky mode dial. I
> know I am in the minority here, but I hate those things! I shoot most of
> the time in either Aperture Priority or manual, and rarely change mid
> shoot, so the 'convenience' is of little benefit to me. The deal killer
> is most of the mode dials tend to switch on their own way to easy,
> especially when stowing or pulling a camera out of a backpack,
> inadvertently leaving one in the wrong shooting mode. For me, not having
> some way to lock in the mode is a serious oversight on a 'professional'
> tool.
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