LOL I find the auto-review function a distraction most of the time. That's why I turn it off. But I turn it on when I think it might be useful, usually with auto-zoom-in turned on as well as I'm using it primarily to check focus settings.
Some people love that on the GXR with the M-mount camera unit, the default is the rocker for camera units with a zoom is enabled to operate exposure compensation directly. For me this is a disaster: I'm constantly moving the EV Compensation all over the place. I disabled it. People often differ. That's why it's so hard to design one camera that suits a wide range of people and uses. Enjoy your next NEX. G On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I've had the NEX-7 for a little over a week. > > You may remember earlier a post generated some well meant advisements > about accidentally starting video shooting. In fact there's complaints > all over the web about it. > > Well I took the camera out. Put a lens on. Put in the battery. Put in > a memory card. Set date/time. Looked into the EVF (as opposed to > through). Pressed the shutter release. > > Image captured. > > No video. > > It was natural to press the horizontal shutter release DOWN as one > would do on any SLR/DSLR of the last 45 years, and just as on any > Pentax. > > If users are actuating the video button on the back of the camera then > they're not pressing down on the shutter release with their index > finger as much as they're pressing IN on a button, that's obviously > NOT where the shutter release is. > > Hand size aside, it's obvious where the shutter release is. They're > either man handling it or their hands don't work right and when they > press down with their index finger they're pressing in with their > thumb equally or more. > > I've taken several hundred shots now, and never did I accidentally > start shooting video, nor did I make a conscious effort not to. > > It makes ergonomic sense to have the video start button where it is > because then with the hand holding the camera naturally as most would, > with the press of the index finger one can shoot a still, or with a > press of the thumb one can start a video. I don't see the issue. > > I recall numerous camera reviews on other models that complain about > how HARD it is to start video recording. > > When I'm driving I sometimes press the next track button on the > steering wheel as opposed to the volume control. The buttons are close > together and shaped the same yet clearly labeled. Is it Toyota's fault > when I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing and press the wrong > one? > > All that aside I'm exchanging the NEX-7 for a new one. :-((( > > It won't consistently render a review image. It's totally random, > sometimes showing the image, sometimes not. Shooting slowly and > deliberately with 5 seconds between shots, it'll not show an image 10+ > times, then show one, and the next shot not.I tried the longshot of > changing memory cards and resetting the camera to factory default, but > the same issue continues. > > When I asked a question regarding this on the NEX dpreview forum I got > a little beat up about wanting auto review on in the first place. > That's not the point. If the camera doesn't function to spec it's > defective. I even got called thick as a brick. :) > > I don't view having auto review turned on all the time as being > neophyte behavior. On those occasions I take my photography seriously, > I use my digitals in much the same way I'd use a film camera, > carefully composing/exposing as opposed to rapid-firing or > snap-shooting, hoping for a good shot. So I take advantage of auto > review as it instantly let's me review an image and adjust if > necessary, without the need to explicitly ask the camera to show me > the image. If it chews though batteries a little faster, that's why I > have multiples and a car charger. > > The End > > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
