This one really caught my interest because in a strange twist, in camera GPS is actually one of the first of these 'new' features I'm really keen for. So I figured I'd like to run through some of the 'features' in my A700 I would happily do without. So here goes:
DOF preview. With instant review utterly unnecessary and compounds this by being inaccurate.
JPG engine. I only shoot raw.
DRO. Since it only works with JPG dont use it.
WB Button. Since I only shoot RAW I have never used anything but auto WB.
Exposure Comp Button. With two dials one is alway on exposure comp already or I'm shooting manual and its unnecessary.
Drive button. Some shoots are single shot, others use drive, others use the timer or remote. I have never, in five years of shooting with a DSLR moved quickly between drive modes shot to shot. Using a menu would make zero difference to my shooting.
PASM dial. Like the drive button, its not like I move from P to A to S to M modes between shots. Actually there would be months where I never move this dial despite taking 1000's of images. Complete waste.
SSS switch. I dont think I've ever used it in five years (combining A100 and A700 usage).
Video out. If I'm linking to a TV (which I do every now and then) I only use the HDMI - the video is pretty much wasted.
DC in. Really, whats that about?
I would probably say a lot of the flash functions too except I think I should probably use them more and that one day when I get of my arse and learn to employ them I'd regret ditching them.
Now my camera is nothing more than my camera and I suspect it would be an absolute flop in the marketplace. So despite the fact that I never use any of these redundant features I understand why they should be there and arent going to be asking for them to be dropped any time soon.
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With the exception of Super Steady Shot, I agree with every word you say. We get far too hung up on technology that we never use and which gets in the way of our major objective - to take good photographs which convey what we had had in mind at the time we pressed the shutter.
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