Re: Sigma lens KILLS this poor guy's Pentax K10D

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:48:31 -0000, No 33 Secretary
<terry.notaniceperson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Bean <waterfoot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:i4cc33t01ku8jk4driqh16immqd3g8fv9g@xxxxxxx:

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:52:28 +0100, David Kilpatrick
<iconmags3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Tom Ross wrote:

obviously poor.


It's a design that isn't new isn't unique to this camera or to
Pentax. And I wager 50 quatloos several people in this froup
are guilty of fiddling with the lens release button on their
camera. I know I'm guilty of it, and more than once I've come
close to having my own "Oh, ***" moment.


All it takes is a badly designed camera with the depth of field
preview button in the wrong place and you can press the lens
release instead.

I'm baffled by this statement. You are free to disagree with
the designer but how on earth can you say a DoF button is in
"the wrong place"? It's wherever it is, it varies with
brand, and users of any given brand will know where it is.

If it's in a place where you are prone to hitting something next to
it by mistake, and that something next to it can damage your
carmera, it's a very poor design.

But that was my point - the DoF "button" on the Pentax in
question is combined with the on/off switch in the collar
around the shutter button. How can that be the "wrong" place
- it can't be confused with any other control at all.

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John Bean
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