I read (and anything later than 70's, re-read in some cases) old photography magazines.
There was a time any exposure automation was viewed with suspicion, as somehow taking decisions away from the photographer
There was a time auto focus was also viewed with suspicion... and buttons instead of dials, and menus instead of buttons...
Originally posted by Christine Tham the key parameters are aperture, focal length, focus distance, shutter speed and
And capture medium speed...
So a camera with in many respects Nikon's top sensor (we're all too sophisticated to go for the MP race, aren't we?), which is perhaps the one of theirs that is best suited to getting the most out of legacy lenses, and one that allows a different, tactile, and yeah steam punk, approach to controlling these things is not a poor thing, just different... and yet, in this day and age, they do have to make the other things available one way or another.
That National Graflex by the way is the most complicated, easily screwed-up camera mechanism I've ever encountered.