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Menu options of the Sony Alpha a7

Menu options of the Sony Alpha a7

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Menu options of the Sony Alpha a7

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- I always judge how easy it is to use a camera by trying to learn its menu system. Because that's really where you unlock the power. And you've got companies like Canon that take a really streamlined approach which is, Oh, you know, one page you can't scroll off the page. You keep navigating to the next tab. - Yeah. - You got Nikon that goes really deep with nested menus and then, of course, other people sort of fall in between. My take on Sony through the years, at least with their video cameras, is that they have a lot of choices in the menus. And it's not abnormal to need to, like, draw a map out because you get four levels deep into the menu. - [Rob] I wouldn't say it's that bad. - [Rich] Alright. - This time around. Actually, I think when you look at it, Sony has taken, I think, especially from Canon, a very direct, sort of homage if you will, - Right. - To the Canon menu system. It's still deep. It might not be quite as nice and quite as streamlined. But it does work like that.…

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