Isaac wrote:
> Didn't we all learn with the good old match needle? It went up and down
> too, and it never seemed to confuse people. The shutter speed indicators
> in my LX are vertical, as are a couple of other Pentax cameras. I have
> never heard of this being a problem before...
But the MZ-S and the Z-1p is totally different ball game. The point with the MZ-S
interface is that you can instantly switch between auto exposure an manual mode. Ie.
manual mode can be just as fast in operation as auto mode. For this you ned an
intuitive relationship between interface and readout. Can anyone tell me whats the
intuitive way to turn a horizontal dial in order to get a bar on a scale to move
upwards?
This isn't about over and under exposure but + and - which are the symbols you see in
the viewfinder. An up and down scale operated by a left/right wheel has to be learned;
a horizontal bar with an horizontal wheel don't; its totally intuitive. Personally I'm
unable to learn the direction on the Z-1p because it isn't logical. Besides, I do
believe all other cameras on the planet have horizontal bars possibly for a good
reason.
I do believe that Pentax is aware of this problem. After all they have implemented a
custom function where you program which direction on the wheel in order to give under
or over exposure. This of course would have been totally unecesary if the exposure bar
was horisontal.
P�l
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