Well, I've had the NEX-7 for a little over a week. You may remember earlier a post generated some well meant advisements about accidentally starting video shooting. In fact there's complaints all over the web about it.
Well I took the camera out. Put a lens on. Put in the battery. Put in a memory card. Set date/time. Looked into the EVF (as opposed to through). Pressed the shutter release. Image captured. No video. It was natural to press the horizontal shutter release DOWN as one would do on any SLR/DSLR of the last 45 years, and just as on any Pentax. If users are actuating the video button on the back of the camera then they're not pressing down on the shutter release with their index finger as much as they're pressing IN on a button, that's obviously NOT where the shutter release is. Hand size aside, it's obvious where the shutter release is. They're either man handling it or their hands don't work right and when they press down with their index finger they're pressing in with their thumb equally or more. I've taken several hundred shots now, and never did I accidentally start shooting video, nor did I make a conscious effort not to. It makes ergonomic sense to have the video start button where it is because then with the hand holding the camera naturally as most would, with the press of the index finger one can shoot a still, or with a press of the thumb one can start a video. I don't see the issue. I recall numerous camera reviews on other models that complain about how HARD it is to start video recording. When I'm driving I sometimes press the next track button on the steering wheel as opposed to the volume control. The buttons are close together and shaped the same yet clearly labeled. Is it Toyota's fault when I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing and press the wrong one? All that aside I'm exchanging the NEX-7 for a new one. :-((( It won't consistently render a review image. It's totally random, sometimes showing the image, sometimes not. Shooting slowly and deliberately with 5 seconds between shots, it'll not show an image 10+ times, then show one, and the next shot not.I tried the longshot of changing memory cards and resetting the camera to factory default, but the same issue continues. When I asked a question regarding this on the NEX dpreview forum I got a little beat up about wanting auto review on in the first place. That's not the point. If the camera doesn't function to spec it's defective. I even got called thick as a brick. :) I don't view having auto review turned on all the time as being neophyte behavior. On those occasions I take my photography seriously, I use my digitals in much the same way I'd use a film camera, carefully composing/exposing as opposed to rapid-firing or snap-shooting, hoping for a good shot. So I take advantage of auto review as it instantly let's me review an image and adjust if necessary, without the need to explicitly ask the camera to show me the image. If it chews though batteries a little faster, that's why I have multiples and a car charger. The End Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
