it seems perfectly reasonable for individuals to have individual preferences. It's then up to the camera companies to best implement those features that a) appeal to the broadest demographic and b) are implemented in a way that make it as easy to access or ignore those functions as possible. Hardware considerations aside features only offend if they either get in the way, confuse or lead to the impression they add unnecessary cost. Plus Fuji see great ideas implemented in other cameras. How is selectable shutter speed in auto ISO a bad idea? And it's taken a couple of years to get around to that one. And yes I'm put out that my daughters XA1 has a tilty screen but the higher spec XE2 doesn't. I want a camera that has EVERYTHING Fujifilm has to offer. But Fuji film says I can have either a tilty screen OR an EVF but not both. Daft.
It's been done but no camera manufacturer seems to think that the solution to software creep is a customisable menu. Allow me to take my favourite dozen functions and put them in a custom menu in any order I want. Then I can ignore the stuff I don't need happy that others can also have their cake as well. We're getting more and more customisable buttons, but not the software side which is half the story.
And you're wrong about the Leica having nothing. It has a design philosophy. It's abundantly clear how Leica wants their cameras to be seen. The same can't be said about the XE2. Plus the Leica managed to fit all the available shutter speeds on a single shutter speed dial.
Gordon
