Apologies, in advance, for going off topic:
@ JSU - D5000 functions the same way as these, based on your description.
@ Michael Markey - my take is the DSLR menu system is like any other electronics equipment I own. Take my DVD player (not Blueray'd yet...). It has lots of menus to tweak loads of stuff. I set it up the first time to my liking, rarely fool with it after that - maybe for sub vs dub (prefer subs unless it's some 70's Euro exploitation flick, where the bad English dub is part of the fun). Same with DSLR. Set it up to your preference intially, then just shoot - usually on A priority. In fact, I even rarely move it out of that setting. I'm a weird DSLR user - I only shoot with a prime, hardly ever fool with settings other that aperture, almost never chimp, and keep the LCD folded inward and go by the info in the VF. I shoot it just like as if it's a film SLR.
@JSU - I don't tweet (but have an inactive account). I do FB though...
@Frozenintime - I agree with you on distance scale. Disagree with you about aperture ring. I can see the aperture setting in the viewfinder and control it with the thumbwheel on the camera body. It's easier to control, and my eye never has to leave the VF when composing to set aperture. That said, I absolutely LOVE the plastic fantastic Chinese-made 35/1.8 that's permanently attacked to the Nikon. Best "50" (crop factor) I've ever owned. I think excluding the distance scale along with the aperture ring is a reasonable compromise to keep the cost down. As long as they don't cheap out on the coating or the glass - which they didn't. If I want to spen more money to have those things, there are other options - which cost over twice what I paid for comparable performance.
@robbeiflex - completely agree. Nikon implemented this perfectly. Takes a little getting used to at first to figure out what the camera is doing with ISO but it gets it right every time.
