The book that came with my EM5ii was useless. It was written by the same
engineers, not native English speakers, who designed the menus.
I then purchased a book from Amazon that purported to answer all my
questions.They were native English speakers, but only spoke engineer. I suspect
their day job is software design for Boeing.
I don't want to know the innermost thoughts and dreams of the device, I just
want too have something that lists, in a logical manner, the steps that will
get a desired result. I assure you the last place that I want to be is inside
the engineers that created the inner workings of the OMD cameras. That would be
the seventh circle of Hell.
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From: "Mike Bloor" <admin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 5:56:33 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Micro four thirds lens contacts
Bill,
Sometimes to use a machine, or something like
software, really well you have to get inside the
head of the person who created it. You need to
understand how they were trying to make things
work, not be given a third-hand version. Bizarre
instruction books – “pressing button ‘floop’
activates floop mode” are not enough, especially
if you have little idea what floop is and what it
can do for you. The book that came with my OM-D is a prime example.
Mike
At 00:57 20/06/2019, you wrote:
> > I'm just interested in how the machine works.
> I'm certainly not trying to build any new hardware.
>
>
>Mike,
>
>
>I'm glad you are curious because we need more of
>that in society, but I'm even more glad that you
>are not trying to build something new, cause we've got enough already.
>
>
>But I suggest you adopt in this case an approach
>that has served me well. Like most of us, I
>started out using a typewriter. A manual
>typewriter. I later moved to an electric
>typewriter, but what is the common thread?
>Simple. Although innately curious, I never knew
>what made either the manual or electric
>typewriter, and I didn't care. I could operate
>it, not fast but I could type a letter,and that
>made me happy. I know what I needed to know to
>get the job done. and that was that. A friend
>was one of the original designers of the
>Heathkit computer, and he often said that
>personal computers would never be a big success
>until they could be operated as easily as a typewriter.
>
>
>Likewise, I suggest you accept the fact that the
>camera tells something to turn the focus ring to
>get the photo sharp, and it does. It does it
>amazingly well now that the systems are mature.
>So I'm happy. Try this you'll like it.
>
>
>Bill
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