dregenthal
Veteran
I kind of agree with danap's sentiment . . .
After all, there are people that can be stumped by almost anything that has more than an on/off switch.
For folks like that there's no guarantee that a full screen surgeon general’s warning,
"You're in VFR Dumb--- therefore no audio is actually being recorded" might not solve the problem, <g>.
(I fall into this category).
To a person we've all expressed regret for the users that overlooked the issue.
To be fair, yes, Panasonic should come up with a more suitable solution: killing the meters, killing the audio to the headphones, pictures of dancing bears, whatever . . .
But to go on and on about something that could have been avoided, blaming the manufacturer for our mistakes is counter-productive (IMHO).
Let's face it, you get a new product on Tuesday. You spend (whatever is left of Tuesday after delivery) and Wednesday trying to match it with the look of another camera then go out the following day for a paid shoot? I don't think so. Perhaps I'm slower than most but I'd feel I was inadequately prepared if that's all I could invest in potentially spending someone else’s money.
I can buy the "it looked like it was recording" (or sounded like it was), therefore I did not see the need to play back a clip . . . That wouldn't be my approach. I can say with assurance that'd I'd be taking a lot of practice shots and playing them back.
Early on Panasonic responded with a solution in the firmware. Not exactly what we'd have? Okay but, speaking for myself, I can't imagine doing anything else other than checking the manufacturers website for firmware updates while my battery was in the charger for the first time . . . but again, that's just me.
"I searched the forum and somehow overlooked it." Sure, that happens to me all the time when I don't do a thorough job of looking but I don't base my actions on familiarity with some other camera. Fact is there are a lot of stickies in nearly every section of DVXUSER and I can almost guarantee that most of them go unread.
Make no mistake, if there is a way to screw up, I'll more than likely be the one to find it. That's an unfortunate part of how I learn. It's also lessons like that which cause me to not repeat those actions.
This (the AF-100) is a different kind of camera. It has really nice feature set and a lot of potential but, as I have learned, it requires just a little more thought and preparation to achieve truly stellar results.
Bottom line (for me) is that if I make a mistake I'm going to take responsibility for it--not make excuses or blame Panasonic. Again, I feel for the folks that employ this method of learning and admire their responsibility (and guts) for owning up to it.
Peace.
After all, there are people that can be stumped by almost anything that has more than an on/off switch.
For folks like that there's no guarantee that a full screen surgeon general’s warning,
"You're in VFR Dumb--- therefore no audio is actually being recorded" might not solve the problem, <g>.
(I fall into this category).
To a person we've all expressed regret for the users that overlooked the issue.
To be fair, yes, Panasonic should come up with a more suitable solution: killing the meters, killing the audio to the headphones, pictures of dancing bears, whatever . . .
But to go on and on about something that could have been avoided, blaming the manufacturer for our mistakes is counter-productive (IMHO).
Let's face it, you get a new product on Tuesday. You spend (whatever is left of Tuesday after delivery) and Wednesday trying to match it with the look of another camera then go out the following day for a paid shoot? I don't think so. Perhaps I'm slower than most but I'd feel I was inadequately prepared if that's all I could invest in potentially spending someone else’s money.
I can buy the "it looked like it was recording" (or sounded like it was), therefore I did not see the need to play back a clip . . . That wouldn't be my approach. I can say with assurance that'd I'd be taking a lot of practice shots and playing them back.
Early on Panasonic responded with a solution in the firmware. Not exactly what we'd have? Okay but, speaking for myself, I can't imagine doing anything else other than checking the manufacturers website for firmware updates while my battery was in the charger for the first time . . . but again, that's just me.
"I searched the forum and somehow overlooked it." Sure, that happens to me all the time when I don't do a thorough job of looking but I don't base my actions on familiarity with some other camera. Fact is there are a lot of stickies in nearly every section of DVXUSER and I can almost guarantee that most of them go unread.
Make no mistake, if there is a way to screw up, I'll more than likely be the one to find it. That's an unfortunate part of how I learn. It's also lessons like that which cause me to not repeat those actions.
This (the AF-100) is a different kind of camera. It has really nice feature set and a lot of potential but, as I have learned, it requires just a little more thought and preparation to achieve truly stellar results.
Bottom line (for me) is that if I make a mistake I'm going to take responsibility for it--not make excuses or blame Panasonic. Again, I feel for the folks that employ this method of learning and admire their responsibility (and guts) for owning up to it.
Peace.
