Less

I have no fears to get socially isolated when I try to keep things simple as I´m used to.

So if I can use a Mac why should spend lifetime with more complicated systems?
When I want to photograph I use the tool that serves my needs. That may be individual
but one thing that never happened in my life was a step forward from "learning" boring
manuals, menues or stupid user interfaces.
 
Last time I was in the market for a new camera, I read a lot of online reviews. When reviewers began listing features with assessments of how they functioned, I found I was saying, "Doesn't matter to me" over and over. I just didn't care much if there was 4K video or the method used to change AF points or the sensitivity the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Once I skipped those unimportant-to-me points, there wasn't much left of the review to read. Epiphany time! No one cares what is important to me because I'm not the target audience. I'm just a photographer.

But then I had another epiphany! You can set up the camera and ignore features as easily as you can include them. Just because it's there doesn't mean you must use it. And I use all my cameras the same way so I can make them simple and more useful for my purposes. Multi-function buttons are programed for No Function, custom menus are blank, Wi-Fi and movie mode are Off, etc. Simple.

I can resist menus.
 
Brian Atherton said:
This. why am I not allowed to delete menu functions that I neither like or want, such as video?
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Because that would require an additional menu function? Seriously, most cameras have quick menus where you put the options you use so you don't have to go into the main menus. Of course to do so, you need to spend a half an hour when you first get your camera to set it up. For some, that is too much bother.

It's a bit like cable TV. Hundreds of channels are available but I only watch six. My choices are probably different than yours. I set up my six choices on the quick menu. I don't loose sleep over the others. I'm glad the cable company doesn't make the choice for me. I guess some people go through every channel every time they pick up their remote or worry about all those channels they aren't watching, and wish they had fewer choices. I think that is a personal issue rather than a technology issue.
 
Less is more..esp if you don't have to work for it..
But if you really want less..just get a view cam..and plop a sheet at a time in there..and you are done..
But then there is a lot of work involved..and who wants that..
Laziness and simplicity go hand in hand..with certain cameras..
 
sjones said:
Ignoring is an action. I would rather not have to ignore. If I’m a lesser human because of this, fine, as long as I get my way. So thank God for my M2.

The sound of typing can lull me into near hypnosis or potentially jolt me into a violent rage…all different types walk among us.

Oh, and if I used digital, I would greatly applaud any camera devoid of video…it’s a vile gangrenous inclusion; and it’s OK to hold such strong repulsion; as it’s a nice distraction from the more substantive repulsion I harbor for my current government.
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I have pro level Nikons with video. Do not know if it works.

Just replaced a non repairable D3 that got some water damage. $1000
with 2000 clicks. So I am back to low use pair. Minimal stuff on them and they are built like tanks.
 
But personally, I think if a person wants reduced distractions and internal noise, the most direct path is to own less
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At this time, I own less and during the past two years I have stopped buying things. It is a rewarding experience.
 
I recently bought a camera that gives you less. A Leica CL (film, not digital). Though it has a meter like the later model M's, it's a smaller body, meant for only two lenses, the Summicron-C 40/2, and the Elmar-C 90/4 (or the Minolta versions). At least that was the marketing philosophy behind it. Folks quickly learned you could use a lot more M lenses on it than Leitz recommended.

I first thought I'd just use it as a two lens kit, but then found I could realize my wide angle visions buying into the Voigtlander line-up of lenses. Later on I plan on getting a ZM, for those times when something more substantial to hold would be nice, plus gaining that wide rangefinder baseline.

So trying to do with less, has made me want to do more. It's a habit I picked up a long time ago. You might not always need a certain feature in your gear all the time, but man is it nice to have when you do.

I don't mind cameras with video modes, as every once in a while I like to rip off a short clip of what is going on around me. But video requires some compromises in camera design, and if it's not there, I'm not going to worry about it. Maybe Vince can sell me his M-D when he gets too many miles on it.

PF
 
The treadmill I fight is the urge to pack my other two lenses, more film, filters, etc, etc, etc in a bag large enough to contain my two cameras - making me more inclined to leave it all at home. More is definitely less with me. If I can control the urge down to my IIIa, one extra roll and 50mm lens I'll carry it almost everywhere.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
I'm not sure where problem is...
GoPro has single button to press, this is it.
And many of my cameras have auto mode. And so almost every new camera has.
It provides most simple operation possible and it actually works most of the time....
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I think I'm with Ko Fe on this one. All my digital cameras have a Program Mode and I use them that way a lot.

If I don't get what I want I change it to Manual Mode, usually pretty easy as well.

But...if I can't figure out how to set my aperture, shutter or ISO after turning to Manual then I either sell the camera or give it to one of my grandkids.

I think that is why I like Pentax and Leica so much.

Pentax is easy for me because I have used them for so long that adjusting aperture and shutter is second nature now. I don't think it has changed since the first ist D came out.

Leica because adjusting aperture and shutter can be done in my sleep. It has never changed.
 
“Pentax is easy for me because I have used them for so long that adjusting aperture and shutter is second nature now. I don't think it has changed since the first ist D came out. Leica because adjusting aperture and shutter can be done in my sleep. It has never changed.“

Excellent.

You can pay better attention to what’s the objective is in front of the camera/lens.
 
Peter Wijninga said:
At this time, I own less and during the past two years I have stopped buying things. It is a rewarding experience.
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I moved to Chile from NYC and only brought my clothes, my cameras, my computer, and my books... the books are the true albatross. But I love them... However, really this is all I own now.
 
I Ebayed most of the junk I was dragging through life years ago. It felt like I had been released from an anchor with a heavy chain. It's too easy to convince ourselves that we really need that one more thing.
 
Franko said:
I Ebayed most of the junk I was dragging through life years ago. It felt like I had been released from an anchor with a heavy chain. It's too easy to convince ourselves that we really need that one more thing.
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Fortunately, menu options are lightweight and don't take up much space.
 
I don't mind extra features. I sometimes use them. Most of the time I use a digital camera like a film camera. Shutter, aperture and ISO is all I need to control. So a digital camera that makes changing them as easy as changing shutter and aperture on a film camera is fine for me. I could live with less.
 
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