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bvphotos wrote:
Sorry if I'm being dense. But how is it different from the zoom function for magnified focus on the 6D or the X-E1. With a touch of a button you can get a magnified view on both these (and presumably a lot of other) cameras? I guess I'm missing something here.
Right, the issue is whether it takes one or two button pushes to actuate a magnified view. On NEX series, you jump to magnified view in one push, on A7 and A6000, you have to push the button twice. I consider this a subtle but distinct disadvantage for a manual focus shooter.
Further, it means that there is discordant behavior within the E-series line, whereby a professional shooter of manual focus lenses cannot have the newer cameras employed at the same time as an older NEX. The reason is that this behavior will completely screw you up if you have to change between cameras, or just switch your MF lens to a backup body (say from A7 to Nex 7, or vice versa).
Other manufacturers like olympus and panasonic have a one touch system. Sony, well, they chose to give it up, and gave MF users NO recourse to revert to the old one touch system.
On a professional level, it means nobody at Sony actually field tests their cameras with working photographers. Such a shocking change in workflow would be the same thing as if I asked you to click your mouse on your computer an extra time to do the things you do with one less click now.
Open a folder with two clicks? Well, now I am asking you to use three clicks... could you even modify your behavior if I asked you? Nothing from nothing, but I lost ALL confidence in Sony as a professional system after they made the switch. Again, people tell me I am over reacting, but as a MF shooter, I can tell you that learned behavior is the secret to getting good shots, and if such behavior is two button pushes instead of one, it can mean the death of usability. Just my 2ç.
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