On Sat, Apr 13, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > > The touchy-feely part of a Pentax camera: where the buttons are, easy > of manual use (finger placement and movement), green button -- that a > lot have liked on this list, a lot of the reason for Pentax loyalty, > was probably a lot more important in a film camera. > > Now there is a lot of digital feedback rather than just manual > feedback, so the touchy-feely part may have become much less important > for some. Hmmm, how to put this? Before, SLR camera use was more > physical/viscerial, and now, with DSLRs, camera use is really more > mental/cyber-spaced. AND DSLRs do very similar things and have very > similar features now. SLRs differed more. For instance, all have menus > on the LCD, etc., etc. etc.
My experience differs. You probably missed my ranting about disliking the feel of the K-30 (compared with K-x/K-5). I got rid of a Panasonic G-3 in large part because I disliked the feel. I love my Nikon P7100 because of its feel. In some ways, because of the plasticity of software, I would argue that feel becomes even more important (my dislike of the G-3 was based more on its UI than physical feel, in contrast with K-30, where I hated the grip). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
