Re: Digital camera suggestions

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

daparnin wrote:

> I believe that I've looked at the Cannon Powershot line in a store.  I 
> wasn't sure if I would like the zoom being right by the shutter button. 
> I'm used to a zoom rocker switch on the back of the camera activated by 
> your thumb.  What's your opinion of it being right by the button?

Dave:

We have a basic Powershot SD1000 that is far more of a camera than 
I've been able to figure out. I might take a dozen pictures a year 
in maybe one or two sessions. Never often enough to remember how the 
thing really works.

Once I figured out (1) that it HAD a zoom, and (2) that the little 
ring around the button was the zoom control, I've thought it was 
great. (It took over a year just to realize that the shutter button 
had two levels of pressure -- first, semi-depressed to set 
auto-focus and other picture enhancements; and second, full pressure 
to actually click the shutter! (And, yes, I have tried to read the 
manual more than once.)

I get the feeling that your question is directed at _photographers_ 
rather than PC (or AS/400) developers. Maybe those with experienced 
"zoom thumbs" would feel it was an issue; but at my level of 
(in)experience, I'd probably think another control located somewhere 
else would be overkill.

I'm pretty sure that most Powershots are aimed more at me as a 
customer, eh?

Tom Liotta