Part of it may be not changing anything to upset their professional
photog customers. I think the basic interface on Canon EOS cameras
(certainly these two control dials) dates back to the very early 80's
when the EOS line was first introduced.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> That's interesting. It suggests that the designers thought that they knew
> what their photographer customers wanted, and having to use the same dial for
> to different functions when in different modes was one of them.
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Aug 2010, at 13:42, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> The 5D has 21 customizing functions. Unfortunately, unlike the Minolta
>> A1, changing the meaning of those control dials is not one of them.
>
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