For some people, electronic gadgets are the most intuitive tools on the planet. For others, however nothing could be further from the truth. Well, it's not entirely their fault, as some gadgets simply suffer from bad design. Digital cameras however are usually laid out pretty well with the user in mind. They do have a tendency to bury too many options in several layers of menus, but their getting better. Part of the challenge for digital camera designers, is to decide how to manage all the features that are being crammed into these little silicon boxes these days.
Designers have the option to make certain camera features accessible with the software menus accessible through the LCD screen. They also have the option to make those same features accessible through the buttons, dials, and levers on the camera body. They can also make some of the buttons and dials server two purposes. Quite often, depending on what mode your in (video, portrait, landscape, etc) determines what functions the other buttons perform. This can become cumbersome and confusing if not handled in a logical manner.
Designers have the option to make certain camera features accessible with the software menus accessible through the LCD screen. They also have the option to make those same features accessible through the buttons, dials, and levers on the camera body. They can also make some of the buttons and dials server two purposes. Quite often, depending on what mode your in (video, portrait, landscape, etc) determines what functions the other buttons perform. This can become cumbersome and confusing if not handled in a logical manner.
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| Do You Struggle With Digital Cameras? |
Really, the best thing you can do is just spend some time playing around with your camera, and taking pictures using a number of different features as possible. There's really nothing you can break. Or at least there shouldn't be if it's a decent camera. By decent, I would draw the line at around $200 or more. If you paid anything significantly less than that for your camera, then it could be the camera and not you that is the problem.
It can be helpful, if you have someone good with cameras or gadgets in general to help you out. Teenagers are usually helpful, as it all seems pretty intuitive to them. I think anyone born after 1995 comes with a silicon chip in their head or something. Pretty scary actually. Although if they also came with a remote control that had a big mute button, I could see the advantages.
The bottom line here is, just make sure you get a decent quality camera, and you should have no problem getting it to do what you want.
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