- The tied-for-biggest complaint for me is that the "Play" button to review photos is in entirely the wrong spot
I totally disagree. Being able to hit the play button with my right thumb
without having to reposition either hand is way better.
How? Is your thumb double jointed, or perhaps my thumb is in the wrong position on my hand? I don't believe you that you can press the button on the bottom-back-right of the camera without "repositioning", moving, or loosening your grip in the camera. I've genuinely tried this out, and there is physically no way I can accomplish this feat without losing my dominant hand's grip on the camera.
Let me start off by saying that unlike you, I use both hands when I'm taking pictures. I use my left hand at all times to support the camera.
I usually do shoot with two hands as well, but for the photos (deleted from this thread) I used my left hand to capture them. Unlike you, my right hand at all times supports the camera. My left hand steadies the lens most of the time.
When using my Z7II to preview pictures, I have two options. (1) I can shift the support of the camera to my right hand and use my left thumb to press the playback button. This of course requires me to completely reposition my left hand, or (2) I can remove my right hand from the right side of the camera (while my left hand continues to support the camera's weight) and reach over to the left side of the camera to press the playback button. Either way, I have to reposition my left or right hand to preview pictures.
I see, this is where the disconnect was. You completely have the burden of your camera and lens in your left hand, and are able to move your right hand freely. I hold my cameras almost completely in my right hand, and simply steady them with my left hand.
When I used the term "repositioning, I was referring to removing a hand from one general location on the camera body to a completely different location. I think that you are splitting hairs if you think that slightly moving one's wrist is the same as repositioning one's hand.
I don't think I'm splitting hairs. Your right hand no longer supports the majority weight of your camera if you shift it down far enough to press that button. The center of your palm no longer touches. We can agree to disagree on whether that's repositioning, I suppose. For someone who holds the majority of a camera's weight in their right hand and lens in their left, I now have to remove my hand from where it was on the right of the camera, shift the weight to my left hand, and re-grip the camera and shift the weight back after pressing a button.
The problem with simply shifting your majority grip on the lens to your left hand is, if you were steadying the camera/lens with the zoom ring or manual focus ring you would likely either turn the ring while shifting weight around, or need to 'reposition'* your left hand somewhere else too, only to 'reposition'* your left hand back when you wish to adjust zooming or focusing. * Is for my usage of reposition.
To each their own.
**Edit if I sounded at all rude, dramatic, or rageful, I sincerely apologize. It is not my intention at all. I understand that you and I fundamentally hold the distribution of weight of our cameras/lens differently, and I respect this.
I'm TRYING not to rant or brand bash. I'm giving the Z8 a full chance.
