Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Um, hold on here. My humble D70 has two knobs on the top, and two finger/thumb wheels. So knobs in and of themselves should not justify a higher price. If one shoot in full manual mode, the finger thumb wheels work very well for adjusting aperture and shutter speed without removing the camera from one's eyes. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against, and might even prefer a shutter speed dial and aperture adjustment on the lens, but for practical evaluation, the finger/thumb wheel is easily just as convenient. In any case, it has NOTHING to do with menus. Menus have nothing to do with it, and positing this new Panasonic body vs. alleged fidly menus on other DSLR's is a completely false argument. Scott Rei Shinozuka wrote: >it's nice to have only two real controls, either of which may be >operated without taking the camera from one's eye. > >-rei > >On Mar03 08:25, Frank Dernie wrote: > > >>I read that having conventional dials rather than menus on the screen >>more than doubled the manufacturing cost, it was on a Minolta bridge >>model I think. Personally I hate scrolling through menus to change >>things. I would pay extra to have the dials personally, whether this >>much I doubt though! >>Frank >> >> > > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)