- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
I'm with you guys on this subject, for sure. Overly complicated, "computer-y" cameras are incredibly frustrating, and I would lump the number of tiny physical buttons both Oly and Panasonic puts on their cameras into this general complaint as well. I like to carry my cameras in my hand, and I like to leave them on for quick response when I see something - but most M4/3 cameras make it very hard to carry something in one hand without accidentally pressing all sorts of tiny buttons and changing far too many things. I know some have operation control locks - doesn't Olympus have this in physical form? Panasonic puts it in the menus, which is another bit of fiddliness, but I guess setting it to an out-of-the-way physical Fn button that I'm not likely to accidentally hit might work.
I want a camera (and this is apparently too much to ask, because I still haven't found one) which can act like a simple, old-fashioned all-mechanical camera when I'm shooting, and then can act like a sophisticated computer when I want to go in and edit RAWs afterwards. I don't need bells and whistles when I'm shooting, but I do want them in the form of top tier file output. With camera manufacturers going to lengths to make their JPEGs ooze style, there's more and more to be said for getting a look in-camera, but I don't want to wade through menus at time of shooting. I want that to be an option after the fact. I wish there was a way to have this bipolar camera that I want to exist, maybe something like the Pixii rangefinder which offloads screen and everything else to your phone, and the body just shoots. I like that duality of experience.
I want a camera (and this is apparently too much to ask, because I still haven't found one) which can act like a simple, old-fashioned all-mechanical camera when I'm shooting, and then can act like a sophisticated computer when I want to go in and edit RAWs afterwards. I don't need bells and whistles when I'm shooting, but I do want them in the form of top tier file output. With camera manufacturers going to lengths to make their JPEGs ooze style, there's more and more to be said for getting a look in-camera, but I don't want to wade through menus at time of shooting. I want that to be an option after the fact. I wish there was a way to have this bipolar camera that I want to exist, maybe something like the Pixii rangefinder which offloads screen and everything else to your phone, and the body just shoots. I like that duality of experience.