Olympus Cameras - similar / consistent results from most o..

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:39:05 +0100, Chris Luck wrote:

>> By not calling Fuji's 'vivid' color mode FujiChrome but F-Chrome instead,
>> they make it easier for those oldies more familiar with Anscochrome to
>> associate F-Chrome with Anscochrome, and those more familiar with
>> Kodachrome to associate F-Chrome with Kodachrome.
>
> Nah. It just makes it easier to put a stylised "F" on a button.

Could be. I'm rather fond of the "F" button. Putting only a
small number of functions in the "F" menu takes most of the sting
out of having to use a menu rather than having dedicated buttons.


>> Fuji would just be providing a nice hint to their older camera users as
>> to what that F-Chrome setting represents if they haven't used it before
>> or haven't read the manual.
>
> It's flattering to think that Fuji would be so considerate of grey-beards
> like myself but I'm not convinced I/we figure so prominently in their target
> market. I dare say they are using the "Chrome" description with digital in
> the same way it was used with film, i.e. suggestive of something bright 'n
> shiny.

Maybe Fuji's designers are aging and they put the mnemonic clue
there for themselves, not for you!

ASAAR wrote:
> Fuji's F-Chrome setting may well be trying to emulate FujiChrome Velvia,
> but you've missed my point. If the "Chrome" type films have similar
> color characteristics (Kodachrome, Fujichrome, Anscochrome, Agfchrome,
> etc.), F-Chrome would not be emulating Kodak's film, but the type of film
> that the Chromes represent.

That would be slide/transparency film.

> By not calling Fuji's 'vivid' color mode FujiChrome but F-Chrome instead,
> they make it easier for those oldies more familiar with Anscochrome to
> associate F-Chrome with Anscochrome, and those more familiar with
> Kodachrome to associate F-Chrome with Kodachrome.

Nah. It just makes it easier to put a stylised "F" on a button.

> Fuji would just be providing a nice hint to their older camera users as
> to what that F-Chrome setting represents if they haven't used it before
> or haven't read the manual.

It's flattering to think that Fuji would be so considerate of grey-beards
like myself but I'm not convinced I/we figure so prominently in their target
market. I dare say they are using the "Chrome" description with digital in
the same way it was used with film, i.e. suggestive of something bright 'n
shiny.

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