On hating my digital camera

[miatab]

Maybe the crux of the complaints listed above were the freasoning behind Nikon creating the Df , which Nikon claims puts the fun back into photography with a digital camera that functions like a film camera? I'd like to know what other than Rosewell owners think.

 

[GoodOldNorm]

I hate my digital camera, it just died on me. Sigma DP1 lens stuck out, blank screen and a rattle inside like something has come loose. Less than 1000 shots from new what a piece of junk.

 

[JoeV]

A camera, digital or film, is just a tool. It's up to the photographer to learn how to use that tool properly. You can't blame the tool because the person wielding it doesn't fully understand its operation.

Now, I don't have an Olympus m-4/3, but I do shoot a mid-range Lumix. If your intention is to shoot high-ISO, and you're concerned about shutter speed, then set the camera to shutter speed priority mode instead of aperture priority.

I've understood there's a "super control panel" feature with Olympus cameras that might make the menu system more tolerable.

Good luck and keep us posted.

~Joe

 

[Godfrey]

The E-1 of course was is a DSLR, you can of look at the rear screen but tipping the camera over or flipping the screen up becomes rather annoying when it needs to be done literally thousands of times over the years.

Just because the screen is articulated doesn't mean you have to move it at all. Neither the E-1 nor L1 had articulated screens. The "super control panel" information view on the L1 was superb when I was working on a tripod regardless, many times easier to see and manage than looking at a lens scale or a set of little engraved knobs...

For street shooting especially I think the ability to glance down and see your settings is very useful, even moreso if you can also see a meter reading(even if it isn't obviously 100% accurate).

So much easier with the L1 to just roll the camera forward a little bit and see the readout, same as with ALL my mirrorless cameras. I never looked at the knobs on the camera.

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[Godfrey]

Maybe the crux of the complaints listed above were the freasoning behind Nikon creating the Df , which Nikon claims puts the fun back into photography with a digital camera that functions like a film camera? I'd like to know what other than Rosewell owners think.

The Df has more buttons, knobs, sliders, dials, readouts, and other foofaraw than nearly any other camera I've seen. It doesn't function like any film camera I've ever owned. It just looks remotely like an F3 styling-wise from certain angles.

To pick it up and think you have an F3 in your hands, you had to never have seen or touched an F3...

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[David Hughes]

Hi,

Have you searched for a button to set it up your way and revert to your way? Some of them have them: well, mine did.

What I miss is the big "P" button that Minolta put on the film 7000 and all the others of that clan. Ideal for grab shots.

The other thing needed and it can be printed out from PDF manuals is a list of the icons shown on screen. Finding out what they mean can be a pita.

Regards, David