perhaps a stupid question.
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
Why all the different acronyms for the same things Canon has TV AV IS, Others have SP AP OS still others have A S OC LSMFT. Why can't they all use the same letter designations.. Medicine uses more acronyms than all of industry but every Doc knows what PQRST means (cardiac wave sequence). There is no other designation. All pacemaker companies use DDD VVI PICD as designations and every one knows what they mean. SO my advice to all the camera makers is AGREE on terms. please
Cuz we're different. An better.
Maybe they want you to learn their acronyms and be so comfortable with them that you wouldn't consider buying another brand of camera or lens that uses different ones . . .
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
Yeah. I know. But the car companies want you to buy their car. But A steering wheel is a steering wheel, not a directional control turning thingy. A tachometer is not a rev gauge.
boberic wrote:
Why all the different acronyms for the same things Canon has TV AV IS, Others have SP AP OS still others have A S OC LSMFT. Why can't they all use the same letter designations.. Medicine uses more acronyms than all of industry but every Doc knows what PQRST means (cardiac wave sequence). There is no other designation. All pacemaker companies use DDD VVI PICD as designations and every one knows what they mean. SO my advice to all the camera makers is AGREE on terms. please
And let's not forget the LMNOPQRST crowd.
Point taken, but It would be great if when traveling abroad everyone spoke English...
boberic wrote:
Yeah. I know. But the car companies want you to buy their car. But A steering wheel is a steering wheel, not a directional control turning thingy. A tachometer is not a rev gauge.
The English call that a Rev Counter (or at least used to)
boberic wrote:
Why all the different acronyms for the same things Canon has TV AV IS, Others have SP AP OS still others have A S OC LSMFT. Why can't they all use the same letter designations.. Medicine uses more acronyms than all of industry but every Doc knows what PQRST means (cardiac wave sequence). There is no other designation. All pacemaker companies use DDD VVI PICD as designations and every one knows what they mean. SO my advice to all the camera makers is AGREE on terms. please
Good question ... for the manufacturers@
Of course I don't know all. But for the MASP vs M Av Tv and P I think I can see the reason. Back in the old days in term of SLR most manufacturers only offer aperture priority with the A setting which meant automatic. Canon offered shutter priority but also with the A setting for automatic. When they added the other modes they made it A for aperture priority and S for shutter priority. In the case of Canon if they use the same letter it would be confusing as the A used to be shutter priority so they made it Av and invented the Tv for shutter priority mode.
Perhaps for those who are new to photography, we can simply refer to these things as apertpriority, shutter priority, manual, program or auto, rather than using acronyms. Then no one has to ask what they mean.
DaveO wrote:
Point taken, but It would be great if when traveling abroad everyone spoke English...
Ja, da muß ich Dir recht geben, daß hast du aber schön gesagt. (I hear you, well put)!
BebuLamar wrote:
Of course I don't know all. But for the MASP vs M Av Tv and P I think I can see the reason. Back in the old days in term of SLR most manufacturers only offer aperture priority with the A setting which meant automatic. Canon offered shutter priority but also with the A setting for automatic. When they added the other modes they made it A for aperture priority and S for shutter priority. In the case of Canon if they use the same letter it would be confusing as the A used to be shutter priority so they made it Av and invented the Tv for shutter priority mode.
Of course I don't know all. But for the MASP vs M ... (
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Thank you, that makes sense 😁
Leitz wrote:
Good question ... for the manufacturers@
Correction, delete "@", insert "!"
boberic wrote:
Why all the different acronyms for the same things Canon has TV AV IS, Others have SP AP OS still others have A S OC LSMFT. Why can't they all use the same letter designations.. Medicine uses more acronyms than all of industry but every Doc knows what PQRST means (cardiac wave sequence). There is no other designation. All pacemaker companies use DDD VVI PICD as designations and every one knows what they mean. SO my advice to all the camera makers is AGREE on terms. please
I suggest that since there are more Canons than anything else, we use all Canon names!!! LoL
SS
SharpShooter wrote:
I suggest that since there are more Canons than anything else, we use all Canon names!!! LoL
SS
But us Nikon shooters are too old to learn something new. I believe I detect a hint of age discrimination in your response.
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