Excellent point, Bob, today's cameras are made as cheaply as possible, particularly the digitals which have very few knobs and dials and lots of cheap electronics. Even my F100 suffers by comparison to even my FE. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Shell To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:06 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "I prefer simplicity and ease of use..." (was: Not My Definition of a Thoroughbred (Re: Nikon vs. Leica)) On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at 04:09 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote: > That's exactly it. Best of both worlds. The only thing is, the LCD > controls make it difficult to remember HOW to use the M mode. Why don;t > they revert to dials, like in the past? > Dials and knobs cost more to make. Bob