Well, I like the lightshow when my son switches on his Benz :-)
But that’s about all ...
For the rest, I will never understand how and why, and won’t even ever try to
get into their mind-set, engineers are so focused on being so user UNfriendly -
now you will understand why Fuji and sometimes Leica remain my photo pets;
dials and rings ! No bells and whistles.
Oh yes, the Mac ...
Amities
Down to earth and basics Philippe
> Le 20 juin 2019 à 20:29, Mike Bloor <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> I bought a book called Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II. Slightly more
> helpful than the manual, but still the whole book seems based on the Olympus
> menu structure.
>
> It's taken ages for me to realise why the camera keeps switching to manual
> focus.
>
> I would also recommend not getting inside the head of whoever designed the
> interiors for the latest generation of Mercedes cars. He/she should go and
> lie in a darkened room until he/she feels better.
>
> Mike
>
>
> At 18:49 20/06/2019, you wrote:
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64The book that came with my EM5ii was
>> useless. It was written by the same engineers, not native English speakers,
>> who designed the menus.
>> I then purchased a book from Amazon that purported to answer all my
>> questions.They were native English speakers, but only spoke engineer. I
>> suspect their day job is software design for Boeing.
>>
>>
>> I don't want to know the innermost thoughts and dreams of the device, I just
>> want too have something that lists, in a logical manner, the steps that will
>> get a desired result. I assure you the last place that I want to be is
>> inside the engineers that created the inner workings of the OMD cameras.
>> That would be the seventh circle of Hell.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Mike Bloor" <admin@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxx>>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Sometimes to use a machine, or something like
>> software, really well you have to get inside the
>> head of the person who created it. You need to
>> understand how they were trying to make things
>> work, not be given a third-hand version. Bizarre
>> instruction books � 損ressing button 慺loop�
>> activates floop mode� are not enough, especially
>> if you have little idea what floop is and what it
>> can do for you. The book that came with my OM-D is a prime example.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> At 00:57 20/06/2019, you wrote:
>>
>> > I續 just interested in how the machine works.
>> > I'm certainly not trying to build any new hardware.
>> >
>> >
>> >Mike,
>> >
>> >
>> >I'm glad you are curious because we need more of
>> >that in society, but I'm even more glad that you
>> >are not trying to build something new, cause we've got enough already.
>> >
>> >
>> >But I suggest you adopt in this case an approach
>> >that has served me well. Like most of us, I
>> started out using a typewriter. A manual
>> >typewriter. I later moved to an electric
>> >typewriter, but what is the common thread?
>> >Simple. Although innately curious, I never knew
>> >what made either the manual or electric
>> >typewriter, and I didn't care. I could operate
>> >it, not fast but I could type a letter,and that
>> >made me happy. I know what I needed to know to
>> >get the job done. and that was that. A friend
>> >was one of the original designers of the
>> X]赸圹\]\媅橦贊[堌ZY]彍\溮蹣@l computers would never be a big success
>> >until they could be operated as easily as a typewriter.
>> >
>> >
>> >Likewise, I suggest you accept the fact that the
>> >camera tells something to turn the focus ring to
>> >get the photo sharp, and it does. It does it
>> >amazingly well now that the systems are mature.
>> 廴I跦\K垶H\萚軮踆貶@t.
>> >
>> >
>> >Bill
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