[grendiers]

Old fartism?..... or does this level of complication actually help the consumer?

It's the vernacular of the medium, whether it's the CIS system in my 924 turbo, or, understanding the features and benefits of a digital camera system. I think it's what a person is used to will help them understand similar items. I shot weddings for 20 years, starting with Hasselblad cameras and lenses. Then, segued to digital cameras after 15 years of film. Since I knew how to pose, figure out lighting, and then press the buttom, the transfer to digital wasn't all that difficult. The film cameras were all manual, so, that's what I did with my Nikon D2Xs for 5 years. I read the manual, understood it all, but rarely used any of the auto features on the camera. I wish 'they' would come out with a high end camera with only manual controls, they would sell a ton! I'm sure that anyone with an '80s porsche would look at the entire spectrum of cars then and pretty much understand them all. So, pick and choose the features of the camera and stick to it. I have a point and shoot nikon P80 that has a really cool video function, but for stills, I choose program or automatic do to extreme laziness. And the buttons an menus on prosumer cameras basically suck.