Hi Peter, This little discussion has motivated me to look into the different shooting modes offered by the istDS - the one's indicated by the happy face, the mountain, the torso, and so on, and see just what differences they provide. Frankly, I've never used them, and from what I've read in the manual, there's nothing they offer other than providing shutter speeds and apertures that are "appropriate" for different situations. Nothing that can't be controlled better by the photographer.
I noticed at DPReview that quite a few cameras - even some with "professional" aspirations - have at least some shooting modes. It's nice to know that the istD doesn't have the "happy face syndrome" (insert smiley happy face here <LOL>) Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: P. J. Alling > Shel, I'm surprised at you, features are there for advertising copy. > Whether they make any product easier for the user is irrelevant. > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >Aren't all the functions and modes and features supposed to make cameras > >easier to use? Perhaps i don't understand the purpose of all these FFM's.
