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> [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > I don't think my similar opinion is going to change. > It's a Hell of a lot of camera for the money but my > LX will undoubtedly outlive it. I have a personal > problem with non-mechanical cameras, being quite > short sighted. That means, if I have to trog through > menus and lists, I have to peer over or take off specs. > It's a royal pita. With a mechanical camera having > maybe two operations per control it's much easier to > learn to use. As I _already_ know how to take pictures, > having to spend a considerable length of time to learn >how to use the box is a definite disadvantage for the 2. Mike, I think you'll find, as I did rather quickly, that, once you've set the menus, there's really not much to adjust further. In actual use, the only menu items I adjust or change can be found right up front, in the function menu. Essentially, the only thing I change on the camera is the ISO rating, and at times the white balance, but I'm getting to the point of leaving it on automatic. All the other aspects, features, and functions were set from the beginning, and don't require changing or adjustment except very, very rarely. Actually, I can't think of anything I've changed since i got this body except to change the Continuous AF feature to Single mode, because I'd mistakenly set it from the beginning. Essentially, I now use the DS like I would a manual camera, like the Leica or the MX, using the wheel to change aperture or shutter speed, or the control on top to adjust exposure compensation. I've never shot anything but RAW except while fooling around with JPEG's in order to set the JPEG settings. Now, should there be a reason to change from RAW to JPEG, the settings are set, and it will be quick and easy to switch to JPEG. Why do you have to keep going into the menus? What are you changing, and why? > It's OK but not yet instinctive but I found that the > camera sometimes doesn't respond properly. > Probably an issue with my example. In what way doesn't it respond properly? > How fast is your write speed? Mine will take two shots, > then takes about seven seconds to begin firing at about five > second intervals. How fast is your SD card? I can get five continuous shots from the DS, and then one about every second or so thereafter. I'm using an 80X card, and it's noticeably faster than the slower card I used before. I believe the DL has at least the same buffer and write speed as the DS, and maybe even the ability to take advantage of faster cards.
