On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> The thing that I miss about film days is the simplicity, might I say >> purity, of the camera's user interface. > > The complexity of the interface was not caused by digital photography. The > Leica M8's interface is no more complex than its film predecessor's. The > complexity of modern camera interfaces was caused by people being taking in > by the marketing people's claims that more=better as far as 'features' are > concerned, and the designers' failure to take responsibility for their > product, and simply loading it with everything they ever saw in everybody's > wish list. > > In the end only 2 things really matter: where you point the lens, and when > you press the shutter. Beyond that you need to be able to control the size > of the hole, how long you keep it open, what's in focus, and how sensitive > the film/sensor is. That's 5 controls. Everything else is froth. > > Bob >
Bob, Are you telling me the M7's got menu hell? Yes, the software side is part of the camera UI and is where much of the unavoidable part of the complexity sets in with digital. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
