Just need to ask the collective wisdom here....
Background....I'm an older guy compared to most on this board, so the question that follows may simply be old-fartism setting in [
]. However, in my younger days I enjoyed 35 mm photography and had a very nice SLR camera and a bag full of lenses. I also took the time to learn the technical fundamentals, etc, etc....focal length, field of view, aperture affect on depth-of-field, etc, etc...so I'm not exactly clue-less on these things. I am also trained as an engineer and most technical things don't scare me off.
Well.....fast forward to "today". My daughter has a nice digital camera ( Olympus SP 560-UZ)....and I bought it from her as she wants to "upgrade" to something new. I didn't get paper documents or an owner's manual, it but felt I needed an owner's manual to fully appreciate all the features it has.
Holy Smokes !.... look at this from a download from the internet, as to the size and complexity of this owner's manual !!!!! --->
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/SP-560UZ_Instruction_Manual_with_Supplement_EN.pdf
Are you freakin kiddin' me?.
Who in their right mind is going to read, let alone understand the 101 pages of very detailed and specific features and capabilties of this super camera? Read my intro.....I think now I have truly met my match. Is this normal in today's market?
Kinda reminds me of the backfire that occurred with Ragu spaghetti sauce flavor options....instead of catering to every taste whim so as not to lose market share...all it did was alienate customers because the 15 flavors offered just made it all the more likely to pick up the WRONG one ( as has happened a number of times for me while quickly picking this up at the market for wifey ! ).
Old fartism?..... or does this level of complication actually help the consumer?
