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It's like my fiances parents, they have remotes for 5 devices, each remote has about 150 buttons on. It's like being in control of the Starship Enterprise. Only more confusing. And nothing ever does what it says.
 
andrew00 said:
Which companies have cameras for sale there? I'm going to Texas in a week and would love an X100 to take with me, but had thought it wasn't going to happen.
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Andrew - I assume you are coming to Austin for SXSW?

I live here and will be shooting the whole week with the X100 so let's get in touch and maybe we can meet up next week so you can get a quick hands on.

Best,
Chad
www.showperformance.com
 
The x100 manual runs to 140 pages ... that's over 100 more than the full version of the M2s manual, but then I've not needed to refer to the manual so far
 
Wadcha said:
That is a good term. However, the first thing I thought of when I saw the X100 in-finder interface was Apple. It is so clean with modern font and color schemes. Can't really comment on the menu system but I am excited about what they did with the OVF/EFV display.
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Agree, the finder graphics are extremely sharp, clear and in a pleasant font. The menus also look good, its just that there appears to be no logical layout to them. Made me wish for the ability to set the camera config remotely on my computer and then upload it rather than have to do it via the jog-wheel.
 
Terao said:
Agree, the finder graphics are extremely sharp, clear and in a pleasant font. The menus also look good, its just that there appears to be no logical layout to them. Made me wish for the ability to set the camera config remotely on my computer and then upload it rather than have to do it via the jog-wheel.
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The beauty of the X100 is that I don't expect to be fussing with menus much. But I do wish all companies would allow user customization of the interfaces and hardware buttons/dials. How awesome would that be?
 
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All I want is three controls, well four if you count asa ... focus, aperture and shutter-speed, why do they need all those buttons dials menus, sub menus anyway I find the idea that I need to have each one customised too quite ridicules
 
Sparrow said:
All I want is three controls, well four if you count asa ... focus, aperture and shutter-speed, why do they need all those buttons dials menus, sub menus anyway I find the idea that I need to have each one customised too quite ridicules
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I'm with you. I really like the images I get from the NEX w/M lenses but I guess Sony never got the memo that photographers like manual controls. The X100 should get us back to the basics.
 
perhaps I've just got old and cynical, at one time I possibly had your enthusiasm based on nothing more than some press releases and clever marketing, they may have sorted it out but I doubt it, still we will see soon enough now ... if it's rubbish no number of brand-ambassadors will be able to defend it after release
 
I confess I didn't think it through, you could well be correct ... I was using a simile to illustrate how much awe the x100's controls would be able to contain in comparison to a chocolate teapot's ability to contain tea, clearly if it were ice-tea the things could well turn out differently ... it could well become a metaphor
 
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