Comments on: Interview With The Designers Of The Sony A380, A330, and A230 DSLR’s http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ergonomic laptop stand http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-22681 ergonomic laptop stand Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:20:00 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-22681 Make sure it fits - Make sure that the stand is going to fit your laptop. Sure, many laptops are the same in size, but your screen could vary. Also, if you have a netbook, these are going to be quite smaller than your other computers. Many stands are going to have the dimensions, so make sure that you look into it. Make sure it fits – Make sure that the stand is going to fit your laptop. Sure, many laptops are the same in size, but your screen could vary. Also, if you have a netbook, these are going to be quite smaller than your other computers. Many stands are going to have the dimensions, so make sure that you look into it.

]]> By: Generators for Sale http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-16820 Generators for Sale Thu, 13 May 2010 07:54:42 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-16820 Great article. Now I know who are the designers of this camera. In my opinion Sony has still have lots more work to do to improve their camera. Nikon and Canon are still the best in camera industry. Great article. Now I know who are the designers of this camera. In my opinion Sony has still have lots more work to do to improve their camera. Nikon and Canon are still the best in camera industry.

]]> By: Generators for Sale http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-15172 Generators for Sale Thu, 13 May 2010 03:54:42 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-15172 Great article. Now I know who are the designers of this camera. In my opinion Sony has still have lots more work to do to improve their camera. Nikon and Canon are still the best in camera industry. Great article. Now I know who are the designers of this camera. In my opinion Sony has still have lots more work to do to improve their camera. Nikon and Canon are still the best in camera industry.

]]> By: memory stick http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 memory stick Wed, 12 May 2010 14:15:22 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-15167 Therefore, without having the mode dial to highlight. In fact, it also motivated us to do so because the appearance is more sober environment. Invite the instrument looks easy to take more convincing. Therefore, without having the mode dial to highlight. In fact, it also motivated us to do so because the appearance is more sober environment. Invite the instrument looks easy to take more convincing.

]]> By: SF http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-12355 SF Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:49:48 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-12355 Been a minolta user for a long time and I have always said that they should have fired their design team long ago .Now looking at the new Sony entry level dslrs I would have to say the same thing. The grip is just god awful to look at and worse to hold.If the pricing reflects the crappier design then fine, but it doesnt. In fact it costs the same if not more then the a200,300 models. I say this to all Minolta designers now working for Sony, if it wasnt broken before, why fix it? All those years from the ugly 000i series to the xi, there has never been a direction of design.Look at Canon or Nikon, all their cameras get better functions as well as design aspects the higher you move up.Look at the A900, can you tell looking at the a230 that they are made by the same manufacturer if there was no sony nameplate? At least Nikon hires an independent design team to design the d3. I have a pile of md and maxxum lenses but never had a sony or maxxum dslr.Why would I want to now when Canon can do so much better or the same for a better price.Why? So i say this to you Sony or Sonolta, if you are going to ask people to shell out good money for your products at least have the decency to provide the same if not better design ergonomics.Oh..and fire the Minolta desing team. All of them. Been a minolta user for a long time and I have always said that they should have fired their design team long ago .Now looking at the new Sony entry level dslrs I would have to say the same thing. The grip is just god awful to look at and worse to hold.If the pricing reflects the crappier design then fine, but it doesnt. In fact it costs the same if not more then the a200,300 models. I say this to all Minolta designers now working for Sony, if it wasnt broken before, why fix it? All those years from the ugly 000i series to the xi, there has never been a direction of design.Look at Canon or Nikon, all their cameras get better functions as well as design aspects the higher you move up.Look at the A900, can you tell looking at the a230 that they are made by the same manufacturer if there was no sony nameplate? At least Nikon hires an independent design team to design the d3. I have a pile of md and maxxum lenses but never had a sony or maxxum dslr.Why would I want to now when Canon can do so much better or the same for a better price.Why? So i say this to you Sony or Sonolta, if you are going to ask people to shell out good money for your products at least have the decency to provide the same if not better design ergonomics.Oh..and fire the Minolta desing team. All of them.

]]> By: SF http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-10628 SF Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:49:48 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-10628 Been a minolta user for a long time and I have always said that they should have fired their design team long ago .Now looking at the new Sony entry level dslrs I would have to say the same thing. The grip is just god awful to look at and worse to hold.If the pricing reflects the crappier design then fine, but it doesnt. In fact it costs the same if not more then the a200,300 models. I say this to all Minolta designers now working for Sony, if it wasnt broken before, why fix it? All those years from the ugly 000i series to the xi, there has never been a direction of design.Look at Canon or Nikon, all their cameras get better functions as well as design aspects the higher you move up.Look at the A900, can you tell looking at the a230 that they are made by the same manufacturer if there was no sony nameplate? At least Nikon hires an independent design team to design the d3. I have a pile of md and maxxum lenses but never had a sony or maxxum dslr.Why would I want to now when Canon can do so much better or the same for a better price.Why? So i say this to you Sony or Sonolta, if you are going to ask people to shell out good money for your products at least have the decency to provide the same if not better design ergonomics.Oh..and fire the Minolta desing team. All of them. Been a minolta user for a long time and I have always said that they should have fired their design team long ago .Now looking at the new Sony entry level dslrs I would have to say the same thing. The grip is just god awful to look at and worse to hold.If the pricing reflects the crappier design then fine, but it doesnt. In fact it costs the same if not more then the a200,300 models. I say this to all Minolta designers now working for Sony, if it wasnt broken before, why fix it? All those years from the ugly 000i series to the xi, there has never been a direction of design.Look at Canon or Nikon, all their cameras get better functions as well as design aspects the higher you move up.Look at the A900, can you tell looking at the a230 that they are made by the same manufacturer if there was no sony nameplate? At least Nikon hires an independent design team to design the d3. I have a pile of md and maxxum lenses but never had a sony or maxxum dslr.Why would I want to now when Canon can do so much better or the same for a better price.Why? So i say this to you Sony or Sonolta, if you are going to ask people to shell out good money for your products at least have the decency to provide the same if not better design ergonomics.Oh..and fire the Minolta desing team. All of them.

]]> By: Paulo http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-10298 Paulo Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:58:45 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-10298 Reading these interviews (in fact calling them interviews seems a bit incorrect to me, monologues seems more appropriate) I get the feeling that designers main goal was to produce compact cameras that could be “showed off” as SLRs… Even so I don’t understand how MLU and DOF preview could harm the users…<br><br> About the grip: only someone that never used a heavy lens could imagine that large and comfortable grips are designed because of those. A large/comfortable grip is useful mainly when you have a small lens and so are able to support the majority of the weight by holding the camera, not the lens (yes, when one has a heavy lens one hold the lens, not the camera…).<br><br> And what about “Actually, we’re not shooting most of the time”? Then why are you carrying a camera? Even these cameras weight more than most compacts, carrying one around when one is not shooting most of the time seems like a masochist exercise. Except if one is carrying the camera just for showing off (back to my first paragraph).<br><br> I believe the speed/aperture scales are in fact a good idea. But please turn one of the scales the other way around, unless you want to confuse instead of enlighten new users about exposition…<br><br> Anyway, as a Minolta user, I wish you good luck and hope for designs that sell, even if I don’t agree with them. Reading these interviews (in fact calling them interviews seems a bit incorrect to me, monologues seems more appropriate) I get the feeling that designers main goal was to produce compact cameras that could be “showed off” as SLRs… Even so I don’t understand how MLU and DOF preview could harm the users…

About the grip: only someone that never used a heavy lens could imagine that large and comfortable grips are designed because of those. A large/comfortable grip is useful mainly when you have a small lens and so are able to support the majority of the weight by holding the camera, not the lens (yes, when one has a heavy lens one hold the lens, not the camera…).

And what about “Actually, we’re not shooting most of the time”? Then why are you carrying a camera? Even these cameras weight more than most compacts, carrying one around when one is not shooting most of the time seems like a masochist exercise. Except if one is carrying the camera just for showing off (back to my first paragraph).

I believe the speed/aperture scales are in fact a good idea. But please turn one of the scales the other way around, unless you want to confuse instead of enlighten new users about exposition…

Anyway, as a Minolta user, I wish you good luck and hope for designs that sell, even if I don’t agree with them.

]]> By: toplook http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-10195 toplook Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:34:39 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-10195 in my opinion it´s a pitty, that the new bodys realy have been "designed". The new Cams don´t look longer like a tool - as the predecessors did. The design of the old ones had been orientated to funtionalism. Now the target audience is enlarged for lifestyle people. I can realize this for example at the chrome ring with nose at the shutter release, which is a part used on nearly all cheap consumer cams. The small vertikal front grip may be improved for ladies use but also has lost the look of a professional tool. It would be better to slim down the depth of the main body. Why are the new bodies not longer available in overall pure black ? in my opinion it´s a pitty, that the new bodys realy have been “designed”. The new Cams don´t look longer like a tool – as the predecessors did. The design of the old ones had been orientated to funtionalism. Now the target audience is enlarged for lifestyle people. I can realize this for example at the chrome ring with nose at the shutter release, which is a part used on nearly all cheap consumer cams. The small vertikal front grip may be improved for ladies use but also has lost the look of a professional tool. It would be better to slim down the depth of the main body. Why are the new bodies not longer available in overall pure black ?

]]> By: CHRISTOS KANAKIS http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/15/interview-with-the-designers-of-the-sony-a380-a330-and-a230-dslrs/comment-page-1/#comment-10194 CHRISTOS KANAKIS Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:15 +0000 http://www.sonyinsider.com/?p=8137#comment-10194 IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THESE FINE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PHOTOGRAPHY.<br>INSTEAD OF IMPROVING FUNCTIONALITY THEY JUST CARE ONLY FOR THE "LOOK" OF THE "PRODUCT".<br>IS THE SMALLER GRIP OF THE A330 BETTER THAN A300 ?? ASK SOME WHO USES THIS CAMERA.<br>IS THE FANCY COLOR THAT YOU ALSO USE FOR THE LAPTOP AN IMPROVMENT ?? <br>YOU HAVE A HERITAGE RECEIVED FROM MINOLTA. TAKE CARE OF IT OR OTHERWISE YOU MAY BE LABELED AS A GADGET MANUFACTURER ONLY... IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THESE FINE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PHOTOGRAPHY.
INSTEAD OF IMPROVING FUNCTIONALITY THEY JUST CARE ONLY FOR THE “LOOK” OF THE “PRODUCT”.
IS THE SMALLER GRIP OF THE A330 BETTER THAN A300 ?? ASK SOME WHO USES THIS CAMERA.
IS THE FANCY COLOR THAT YOU ALSO USE FOR THE LAPTOP AN IMPROVMENT ??
YOU HAVE A HERITAGE RECEIVED FROM MINOLTA. TAKE CARE OF IT OR OTHERWISE YOU MAY BE LABELED AS A GADGET MANUFACTURER ONLY…

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