Re: [photo-3d] Not buying an RBT S1

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Herbert C Maxey wrote:
> 
> >>Anyway, I've lost the point of this discussion... I give up!I give up!
> 
> I sort of wondered about the discussion as well. It was mentioned that a
> cheap P&S Camera has a more friendly user interface. So what? Please do
> not hint that simplicity equates with quality. User Interface means
> nothing for the serious photographer. For example, try using a Cirkit

As a design engineer, I think this idea is foolishness.  Sorry to be
so frank.  Having a good, easy to use user interface is something both
important and beneficial.

Can you truthfully tell me that if you had two cameras that are of
equal "performance" in all ways other than their user interface that
you'd prefer the hard to use one?  Is being hard to use a bonus?
Would a redesigned Cirkit camera that was made easier to use be
ruined (without having changed anything else)?

Having a crummy user interface is usually poor design, NOT a tradeoff
with other performance goals.  In my experience, anyway.


Mike K.

P.S. - Also don't confuse "simple" with "easy to use".  Not the same
       thing.  Simple is an absolute statement about it, "easy to use"
       is usually applied relative to what's being done (by the mfgr
       anyway :-).