Funny you mention that. Someone in dpreview was commenting on using the E-3 this way, and have a "no chimping policy" to learn to previsualize some more. I thought about this too. I think you have a point on what you said, but I guess in my case my style demands tweaking as I go many places and frequently move - sometimes. I do more than street photography, I want to mention that too, but I think a camera interface should be inviting.. to play/tweak/set. I have heard some people talking about using the presets and be happy there, and that's cool if that's what they need but to me that smacks of a workaround.
I want to play with exposure for composition effect and this requires experimentation in manual controls. There's another e-410 shot I will post later... about that. It's a product/abstract shot I guess.
To me that's a bit like saying "yeah so that TV has the channel dial / buttons on the back of the TV with four presets on front. Just program the presets and use those! You only watch about 3 channels anyway."
It's a work around. For $1,700 USD I don't want work arounds. But I don't want to jump to conclusions and want to use the E-3 a bit more and see how it feels.
- Raist