Originally posted by imtheguy Although I have ruined my share of shots also due to the wrong SR setting, at least with the switch I could tell at a glance the setting and change it with one move. Now its buried in the INFO menu and takes a lot longer to change it if I even notice its wrong.
In general, I love having direct physical access to needed controls. But this is not a good example.
First, it takes an instant to see if SR is on, since the Info screen displays this directly. Second, the confirmation in the viewfinder tells you it is working. Neither of these methods takes longer than looking at the position of a switch.
On top of all this the camera turns SR off only when appropriate. I can't actually think of a time I would want to over-ride this. It's a good candidate for automation.
Originally posted by WerTicus the more external switches the better imo.
That just leads to clutter. The fewer switches and buttons the more places one can rest one's face and fingers without accidentally hitting something. Getting the balance right is the important thing, otherwise we would have 300 buttons... one for each menu function.
I think Pentax
has got it right, with the single exception of the LV button, which is annoyingly easy to trigger.