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by hestipod 2516 days ago
>It seems that the most appealing features of modern >DSLRs, except fast autofocus, are hidden behind 90s >interfaces with multi-button setups and so on.

What features are you referring to? Personally as someone who likes to take photos, I find the tactile multi-button/dial interface ideal and don't want a menu driven touch UI. It seems like some people want to co-opt a camera type made primarily for photography and turn it into a social media focused camcorder. I know the companies are trying to tap into that market but it feels like it is turning cameras into jacks of all trades and masters of none. I find the pricing obscene, but some current Leica models are stills only and have very elegant and simple interfaces designed purely for taking photographs. There are high quality cinema cameras all over to choose from. It seems people are pulling the DLSR/interchangeable lens mirrorless camera market in two different directions with opposing goals...photography vs social media/video production.
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75dvtwin 2516 days ago
> What features are you referring to?

Multiple exposure bracketing

Rear curtain flash sync

Exposure compensation

Overall -- the 'preview experience is not great, at all

  -- this should be picture-in-picture kind of view.
Where I can have multiple settings previewed in different windows simultaneously, so that I can decide quickly which setting to choose, or click to take a 2 pictures, one for each setting...

I do not do much video, because I could not really figure out how to control auto focus selectively (when I want certain things in focus, and certain things out of focus as I pan)

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hestipod 2516 days ago
My 14yo Lumix bridge camera can do Bracketing and Exposure compensation with a button press. Every DLSR I have used can with no look buttons and dials as well. I don't know about the flash sync as I never used that. What cameras are you using that the above things require menu hunting?

The multiple settings preview thing sounds interesting but isn't something I can see using myself. The video autofocus stuff is another example of why I don't like photography cameras being repurposed as camcorders, although I read dual-pixel AF and its equivalents are quite good. No personal experience though as I have no video interest really.

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