Originally posted by chiane Why is having bells and whistles a negative? They dont have to take the place of something else. They dont make anyone less, or more, of a photographer. I dont see how they hurt.
Touchscreen, for example, would make for a worse UI than the current, photographer-oriented interface. One major drawback is the fact that you have to look at what you're doing, i.e. take the camera from your eye, change the grip to be able to reach the screen and then do the gestures while watching carefully, because you have absolutely no tactile feedback. For a weather sealed camera, rain could also make it unusable.
The current interface, OTOH, allows you e.g. to change the focus points while looking through the viewfinder; miles better than a touchscreen, for photographic purposes.
There's only one way it wouldn't hurt usability: a dual, fully redundant (at least where that matters) hard controls + touchscreen. Which is not a given.
I guess we all agree tethering would be at least a nice to have.