tomcat

Arrrrgggghhhhhh!!! Too many buttons on these cameras.........

A few weeks back I posted a problem that I was having with my fumbling and bumbling fingers moving the switches on my Nikon 70-200mm lens during the course of shooting action shots at a gym competition. I frequently moved the lens barrel settings from A/M to M, turned off the VR, and anything else I could hit with my fingers. A couple of you mentioned rubber bands and I got a pack of these Pro Slip-on Grips wide rubber bands from B&H and they work like a charm. After I slipped the blue one around the lens settings, no more accidental changes. Hooray---that problem was solved.....

Now I have another problem, again with fingers that stray. After shooting so many sessions with my D3s, I went back to my D750 for some indoor party and Christmas sessions. I can't tell you how many times I have hit the Bracket button or the Flash button accidentally. I can tell that the bracketing is on because I start getting images that have incorrect exposures, some shutter delays, etc all due to the bracketing getting turned on. When I shoot, I am constantly turning my camera from horizontal to vertical and my hands and fingers wander all over the camera body as I capture continuous action and subject movements---I don't have time to look at the camera LCD screens to verify settings before each shot; otherwise that fleeting moment has passed. Because I shoot in manual, sometimes I find that my shutter speed setting has moved also---sigh...... I am ready to get a tube of super glue and fix this problem. With all of this automation and buttons everywhere, why can't the manufacturers put a disable function in the menus so that you can disable some of these buttons? I especially would like to turn off or remove the bracket function.

Vent vent vent.....

Toment Loc: FL, IL

It’s probably possible to I do just that, but that’s in the next iteration of your $$$$$$$ camera😀😀😀

Geegee Loc: Peterborough, Ont.

I recently spoke with a few of your old girlfriends and they were not surprised to hear that you still have that problem.
Ha, ha, I couldn't resist that.
Merry Christmas

golfercat Loc: Southern Calif

Have you looked into reasigning the Bracket bottom? I shoot a D700 and D500 so I don't know if that is possible on that model.

Brokenland

Having arthritis, nerve damage in my hands, arms, neck & back, I needed a simple camera, yet avoid going the "Point & Shoot" route. One reason I've did my homework before purchasing the Canon M6. However, the M100 wasn't off the table either as it has less buttons or knobs to manipulate. After this weekends test, I found that as long as the camera is anchored or strapped in on my left hand. I was able to manipulate the camera by use of the touch screen instead of the knobs or dials.

For instance, While the camera was set to auto focus, I never relied on what the camera or lens thought the subject was. Using the touch screen with a tap I was able to focus on what I wanted instead of allowing the camera to do this. Same holds true with the ISO. I tend to use natural light as much as possible.

The attached image shows that the camera wanted to focus on the tree limbs in the foreground, yet touching the screen I was able to work past that and focus on the silver/gold star farther back. So as long as the other dials or knobs are set to auto focus or a pre-set you shouldn't have to mess with the dials again.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Hahahaha!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

My Canon's can turn off most buttons/functions through the menus, or reassign the buttons to something else. Hidden in all those menus in the little teeny tiny screen you work with - you know, the one where the words are all too small to read.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Get more used to the camera, so you do not have to ever look at it when changing any settings! That way you'll just be pressing the right buttons!

tomcat

Yeah, I left the door wide open on that one didn't I. lol x10

tomcat

That would be easy to do if I wasn't switching back and forth between bodies. The D750 is just so much more compact than my D3s. There are buttons on the D750 camera's left side where there are none on it's bigger brother and I have grown accustomed to resting my fingers there when I switch to the vertical mode and when I do, I inevitably press the bracket button or hit the flash popup button. However, I am going to be hunting for those custom controls that will let me disable the bracket button, as one of the UHH'ers mentioned. And in addition, I'm beginning to suffer from ADS also....

tomcat

My eyes are still pretty good so I don't have any trouble reading the menus. That is a great idea about reassigning a function to the bracketing button or turning it off. I will check that out later this morning when the rest of the house is awake......currently I'm the only one awake at 0500

Thanks for the suggestion.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Oh, you dog!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Since this is a recurring problem, I don't see a simple solution. You'll just have to practice at home without actually shooting. Concentrate on what you're doing, and go out of your way to avoid the buttons.

I sold my two Sony NEX cameras because of the small bodies and all the small buttons.

ELNikkor

I think the key is that you mentioned the D750 has buttons where there are none on the D3s. Just take a session with you and the camera practicing holding it and switching from vertical to horizontal quickly, shooting around the room with imagined intensity, being aware of where your fingers are going, until you habitually avoid the buttons you've been inadvertently hitting. I have a D750, and never hit the wrong buttons, so it is possible.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Welcome to the world of computers as cameras!

Stan