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Re: [OM] Silence of the Lambs?

Subject: Re: [OM] Silence of the Lambs?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 06:43:38 +0100
Jim

I don't know about any other DSLRs, but the K-5 has a lock button on the mode 
dial (as well as its being shielded by the prism housing).

I have used the mode dial on my S100 the most, switching between Av and C.

Chris

On 28 Sep 2012, at 23:00, Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I suspect a lot of the folks who would be most interested in the GH3 
> already have purchased an OM-D. It looks interesting, but for me shares 
> what could well be a deal killer with the OM-D, the pesky mode dial. I 
> know I am in the minority here, but I hate those things! I shoot most of 
> the time in either Aperture Priority or manual, and rarely change mid 
> shoot, so the 'convenience' is of little benefit to me. The deal killer 
> is most of the mode dials tend to switch on their own way to easy, 
> especially when stowing or pulling a camera out of a backpack, 
> inadvertently leaving one in the wrong shooting mode. For me, not having 
> some way to lock in the mode is a serious oversight on a 'professional' 
> tool.

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