> Owner reviews are far from useless (as some have opined here). > However, there is no getting around the fact that they can be written > by idiots or by knowledgable people (or by people who fall just about > anywhere along that bell curve). The trick is to weight them, as you > read, to determine whether a reviewer's point is legitimate or the > result of someone who never cracks a manual (etc). > > Regarding the particular issue your quoted reviewers raised... it is a > fairly widely reported complaint with the camera and if you have yet > to handle it your conclusion that it is NO problem, even if eventually > proves correct in your case, is a bit premature. (Just google NEX-7 > and accident or accidentally or accidental and videos. It is also > called an automatic video issue.). That would seem to indicate an > error in ergonomic design (at least as it applies to still > photographer's desired ergonomics. People buying it more to shoot > video with would probably regard it as a feature). Certainly it is > possible to learn new behaviors, but for those who don't wish to learn > new behavoirs and have the camera react naturally in your hands I > would say it is not an insigificant issue. The other potential error > in dismissing such complaints as being written by idiots is that you > are assuming that everyone's hands are the same size. A hand-related > ergonomic issue for a 6' 5" 295 lb male may be no problem for a 5'7" > woman or (in general). One size does not fit all (and if the reviewers > neglected to mention that as a possible issue in their case that is an > oversight on their part). > > Luminous Landscape (I believe a generally well-respected site) has a > whole article on it entitled "The Big Problem with the NEX 7". In it > he proposes a "red-neck fix". > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/the_sony_nex_7_redneck_edition.shtml > > It is a mistake to conclude that just because something is not an > issue for me, personally, then it shouldn't be an issue for anybody. > It is also arrogant to jump to the conclusion that the best > explanation for the problem is a lack of intelligence on the part of > the user (even though, as people in I.T. know, that often eventually > does prove to be the case.) > : ) > > This thread is sort of a case in point (people on all sides of the > issue weighing in) > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1042&thread=41551682&page=1 >
Thanks for that and for goodness sakes stop posting my private messages to the list!!! :) My apologies Steve and Don. You were kind enough to reply and unfortunately I was in a ranting and raving mood about a number of subjects this morning and you got caught in the cross-hairs, and I went trash-talking behind your back. I hate when my wife does that to me! Your comments are both valid of course. Be comforted in the fact that my self-flagellation will not cease until my sin has been fully re mediated. Tom C -- 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.
