A warning about the peculiar ergonomics of the X-H2S

White-collar wrote:

robert1955 wrote:

Jeff Biscuits wrote:

robert1955 wrote:

But you still can do that. If you do not want the jpg processing to happen , then simply don't make C settings with that.

But that’s my point.

If you don’t want JPEG processing, by definition you’re shooting raw, and as I said, I think for those who only shoot raw, conflating operational (pre-exposure) and image (post-exposure) settings is not a big deal, because it’s equivalent to just operational settings.

you are formulating even the pro case in essentially negative terms. For me it is a big gain to have this on a physical control. The current Q menu system OTOH is worse than useless to me

If you’re shooting JPEGs then by definition you do care about processing and then for many people that conflation becomes more of an issue.

but I do care about processing, which is why I do it at home

My guess as a raw shooter is that you need some discipline. What shooting situation happens often enough to warrant a C setting. I'm not sure I'd need / use all 7

Personally, I can think of about three or four main ways in which I’d configure operational settings, but I find seven sets of image processing settings isn’t enough—I’d happily have a dozen or more (and given the way it’s implemented on the non-PASM cameras, ie not on a marked dial, there’s no technical reason why we should be limited to seven).

In a galaxy far far away I had a Canon that had three and that was enough.

but if you’re not interested in the pasm style cameras, why come into a discussion about how to set them up?

It didn't seem like a discussion about how to set them up as much as a warning about this particular one's limitations.

well the OP had a brand new, advanced model for all of three days, that is far too short to make a well founded assessment.