SharpShooter wrote:
Go the store and handle/try all the cameras, then buy the one that fits in your hand!!!
This is one of the pieces of advice that I see here several time every day! Probably the MOST given advice.
Does this advice really hold water, or does it just sound good, or are we just repeating something that we hear a lot with no basis behind it?
My belief is that anybody with no physical limitations will get used to ANY camera in a pretty short time.
In my personal experience, I have NEVER even once touched one of the cameras I have purchased, before buying it, and have never failed to feel like one with the camera in a very short time, but this has also been my experience with a new bicycle, car, baseball glove, you name it.
Do you give this advice, and why do you feel it is so important if you do?
What has your experience been?
I feel this merits being explored and either strengthened or debunked!!!
SS
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I spent a few years researching DSLR's. I had my eye on a particular brand for a couple of years. I did a lot of research and study. I finally went into a local camera shop and found another camera was much more ergonomic in my hands. The controls made better sense to me. I liked the position and "feel" of the camera much better than any other that I looked at. I am very pleased with my purchase. Could I have made the other camera work for me. Yes, I could. But I purchased the one that I liked. I would encourage anyone to do the same thing. There are some cameras that are more menu driven while others have external buttons to control specific settings. It's a matter of personal preference. I think you owe it to yourself to physically try the camera out before purchasing. I do the same for an automobile too. I would never buy sight unseen.