Danjojo
Forum Enthusiast
First, I think the DPR staff are an awesome group of guys with thick skin...I think it's great they let some of the more stern comments roll off of them and remain composed.
Will add more as I get the time but a couple things for now....
"Disappointingly iAuto mode only allows the use of Auto ISO, where the camera chooses how sensitive to light it needs to be, which has an upper limit of ISO 1600. Sony proudly advertises the camera's highest ISO setting as 12,800 (way above the level at which any compact camera can produce good images and a real advantage of a large sensor), and yet iAuto mode limits you to a setting eight times less sensitive. Features such as Auto HDR are also unavailable."
My highly rated $800 Canon T1i also only allows the use of Auto ISO in AUTO MODE...what is disappointing or strange about that? Auto modes are in cameras for the times people want to simply frame and shoot. My T1i allows me to change the size of the photo and option to switch to a self-timed shot....that is all. Why would a special mode like HDR be in the basic iAuto mode?
I have to go deep into the Canon T1i to select ISO Expansion and allow Auto ISO to go above ISO-1600....and that can not even be found in the menu while in Auto Mode.
"So, assuming you last used the Brightness/Color menu, it still takes a minimum of 6 button presses to change the ISO setting, 8 to change metering mode and between 10 and 20 to configure and engage the HDR mode (the higher numbers coming if you were previously shooting RAW files)."
Why are you only using button presses when the camera has a dial? If you are not using the Oly E-PL1 or some thing similar then start using your thumb to roll the dial. Those changes take a couple seconds and a couple buttons presses in real use, right?
Obvious attempt for exaggeration when you seperate ISO setting and Metering setting...press the button for Menu, go down Select Brightness/Color in barely a second, scroll down to either the ISO or Metering option in one second, select what you want and roll on.
The scenario reminds me of the guys who do not learn how to type and you watch them pecking with one or two fingers one letter at a time. Is that a fault of the keyboard?
Changing the settings in my Nokia phone would probably leave Mr. Butler with jaw hanging down and eyes wide open (no offense bud
). For me and many others in 2010...first time handling it, it would be accomplished in a few seconds with no stress.
Will add more as I get the time but a couple things for now....
"Disappointingly iAuto mode only allows the use of Auto ISO, where the camera chooses how sensitive to light it needs to be, which has an upper limit of ISO 1600. Sony proudly advertises the camera's highest ISO setting as 12,800 (way above the level at which any compact camera can produce good images and a real advantage of a large sensor), and yet iAuto mode limits you to a setting eight times less sensitive. Features such as Auto HDR are also unavailable."
My highly rated $800 Canon T1i also only allows the use of Auto ISO in AUTO MODE...what is disappointing or strange about that? Auto modes are in cameras for the times people want to simply frame and shoot. My T1i allows me to change the size of the photo and option to switch to a self-timed shot....that is all. Why would a special mode like HDR be in the basic iAuto mode?
I have to go deep into the Canon T1i to select ISO Expansion and allow Auto ISO to go above ISO-1600....and that can not even be found in the menu while in Auto Mode.
"So, assuming you last used the Brightness/Color menu, it still takes a minimum of 6 button presses to change the ISO setting, 8 to change metering mode and between 10 and 20 to configure and engage the HDR mode (the higher numbers coming if you were previously shooting RAW files)."
Why are you only using button presses when the camera has a dial? If you are not using the Oly E-PL1 or some thing similar then start using your thumb to roll the dial. Those changes take a couple seconds and a couple buttons presses in real use, right?
Obvious attempt for exaggeration when you seperate ISO setting and Metering setting...press the button for Menu, go down Select Brightness/Color in barely a second, scroll down to either the ISO or Metering option in one second, select what you want and roll on.
The scenario reminds me of the guys who do not learn how to type and you watch them pecking with one or two fingers one letter at a time. Is that a fault of the keyboard?
Changing the settings in my Nokia phone would probably leave Mr. Butler with jaw hanging down and eyes wide open (no offense bud
). For me and many others in 2010...first time handling it, it would be accomplished in a few seconds with no stress.
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