why are people complaining about OMD button size ???

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tedolf
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In reply to Guy Parsons, 5 months ago

Guy Parsons wrote:

Handling a friend's E-M5 to help him set up I found the buttons to be no problem at all. Just that sometimes the "squishiness" with its different feel caused the odd moment where I needed a second squish to get things to happen.

So for me the size is not the issue.... it's the way that every damn camera has a different idea of how many buttons and where the heck will we scatter them to to confuse the buyer.

Was nice and peaceful with two E-PL1 bodies, everything on each was exactly where I knew it to be. One E-PL1 could not be fixed under warranty so was replaced by an E-P3 - oh heck different layout. Then I bought an E-PL5, oh damn, different again. Now three different layouts to battle with. It's OK in daylight but still slows me down, night shooting will be a disaster.

I think having multiple cameras and multiple systems is to be avoided.

You really need to be able to operate the camera: i) in low light, ii) at eye level, iii) outdoors, etc. where you have to hold the camera at an odd angle.

All of that requires that you can operate the camera by feel alone which in turn requires having the control positions memorized.  Tactile contol feedback and index bumps on rotary controls (e.g. F stop rings) is impotant too.

That is why it is best to just have one camera so you can memorize everything.

After a few years it becomes second nature.

A good case to sell everything and only ever end up with two of exactly the same body each time I update. (The two bodies policy because my confidence in reliability was severely shaken with my annoying intermittent button fault on one E-PL1 body).

Regards...... Guy

Tedolph

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