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Lockable mode dial: do you use it?

Started Mar 18, 2016 | Polls thread
Colin K. Work Veteran Member • Posts: 3,699
Re: Lockable mode dial: do you use it?

LearningForeverIHope wrote:

Some cameras, the E-M1 comes to mind, have a mean to lock the mode dial in position. I own this camera and the GX7. I cannot fathom how their mode dial could be moved by accident as stiff as they are already without being locked. Then again, I am not a camera designer for a reason, I am not competent for this; neither am I every photographer. So, I wonder what is your position on the locking of the mode dial?

Of course you will tell me which answers I forgot, no?

I agree that the chances of accidentally shifting the position of the mode dial on the EM-1 are low, but I lock it anyway on the principle of "if there's a way to screw up an important shot, I'll find it".

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