Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too have been using cameras with shutter speed dials, and lenses with aperture rings, since about 1959 - or was it 1960. On cameras that don't have the traditional controls, I definitely prefer a dial for each of those two functions - as we find on all the "pro" DSLR's. On the other hand, the E330 does not require "drill down shutter speeds somewhere in the LCD" - with the camera in AE mode, the A is adjusted by turning a thumb wheel, while the S is adjusted by holding down the well placed compensation button and turning that same thumb wheel. In S mode, the feature is reversed. And in manual, you have a choice of where you want shutter speed and aperture control. So the controls are right where I'm used to finding them. Yes, there's a lot to learn with any new digital camera - far, far more than there was with our film cameras. On 3/19/06 9:55 AM, "SonC@aol.com" <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/19/2006 7:07:37 A.M. Central Standard Time, > bdcolen@comcast.net writes: > >>> if one is used to a certain way of working, is comfortable with that, >>> and > uncomfortable with >>anything else - and I am not - it is a big deal. > > I have only been using cameras with SS dial since 1959, I made a break > for > an EOS and sold it soon, because of this issue. My Pentax ist Ds fru > strates me no end in this regard. > ============= > >>>> But...that's the Leica lens you're talking about, > > > Late info says the apertures on the "Lika" lens do not work on the Oly, > and > of course we were talking about a big whoop ss dial. The oly does not have > one, just the enigmatic (to me) drill down shutter speed somewhere in the > lcd. > > > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information