Mark Norton
Well-known
Seems to me Epson have missed a trick with the R-D1.
If you're like me, you have the user definable button set to Magnify. In magnify mode, you can use the "jog control" to zoom in and out; to shift left and right, you have to lift the jog control and turn it; to shift up and down, you have to lift the jog control, press another button and again turn it.
Sounds unnecessarily complicated? It is.
There's also the great little 3 position centre-biased switch which is used to adjust resolution and white balance.
It would be much better if this switch's 3 positions could be used to select what happens when you use the jog control in magnify mode:
- Shift Up and Down
- Zoom In and Out
- Shift Left and Right
You could then use your left index finger to adjust the jog control and your right thumb to select which of the 3 directions you want to move, "X", "Y" or "Z".
All that would make reviewing the image in detail the easiest of any camera I've come across.
If you're like me, you have the user definable button set to Magnify. In magnify mode, you can use the "jog control" to zoom in and out; to shift left and right, you have to lift the jog control and turn it; to shift up and down, you have to lift the jog control, press another button and again turn it.
Sounds unnecessarily complicated? It is.
There's also the great little 3 position centre-biased switch which is used to adjust resolution and white balance.
It would be much better if this switch's 3 positions could be used to select what happens when you use the jog control in magnify mode:
- Shift Up and Down
- Zoom In and Out
- Shift Left and Right
You could then use your left index finger to adjust the jog control and your right thumb to select which of the 3 directions you want to move, "X", "Y" or "Z".
All that would make reviewing the image in detail the easiest of any camera I've come across.
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RML
Guest
Or perhaps the R-D1 wasn't quite intended to be a "digital" camera. 
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