Well with both cameras aperture selection is still on the lens. It's just with the 1p at least (don't know about MZ-S), you can also control it from the body if the lens is on A setting.
I generally agree with your statement about multi-function buttons and dials. The problem is when you pack so much into a camera body, if you gave a dedicated switch or button to everything, the camera would either be too big or covered with buttons. The PZ-1/1p's interface is really not that hard to use. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 1:45 AM Subject: Re: I love the PZ-1p > My opinion FWIW. > > Aperture selection is a lens function, so I expect to find its user > interface on the lens. Shutter speed selection is a camera body function > (in the case of a focal plane shutter), so I expect to find its user > interface on the camera body. In the same manner I expect to find the > controls for a (non RTF) flash unit ~on~ the flash unit. > > When manufacturers follow these basic philosophies their products become > more intuitive. I cannot speak for either Z1p or MZ-S (not owning or using > either) but my bane is manufacturers who use combined button pressing > routines to get a lot of functions out of a few buttons, to reduce costs. > To me, that is the epitome of non-intuitiveness. > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
