I do (selective fucus). Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
On Jul 8, 2009 02:07 "John Celio" <n...@neovenator.com> wrote: > > At best he misses the point. AFAIK no other DSLR from Pentax works > > that > > way. There is no particularly good reason for the K-7 to work that > > way, > > for the vast majority of their current users it's broken. It's > > almost > > Microsoftian in that it's an arbitrary change, simply for the sake > > of > > change, like most of the more infuriating changes from one version > > of > > Windows to the next. > > Oh but there IS a reason they changed it. > > Do you remember how many people complained about the Fn button on the > K10/20D? I recall people bitching up and down this list about how > they > hated having to dive into a menu to change the settings contained > within, > how each setting should have its own button, etc. Pentax tried to > accommodate those people and now a whole new set of people have found > a > whole new thing to bitch about. > > In my opinion, and without having actually held a K7 yet, I think the > new > system is superior. I've found it very easy to accidentally move the > focus > point in selective point mode on my K10D, either with a finger or my > nose. > An extra button press does not bother me. > > Anyway, I doubt it's broken "for the vast majority of their current > users," > because I doubt a "vast majority" of Pentax users even use the > selective > focus point feature. Advanced shooters like us, sure, but not Mrs. > Soccermom-Smith. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
