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Since I have used anything from compacts with barely to no VF to rangefinders to slrs, both analog (from a very young age) and digital, in formats from wide MF to 110 and even smaller digitally, and am fairly technically inclined, I may have an advantage I guess.
 

 

 

I suppose you're right, you don't experience problems because you have a lot of acquaintance with different systems. OTOH I've been always a single-camera-type user (Nikon DSLRs first and Sony mirrorless now).

 

The only point I disagree with JoJu is the comparison with cars. Sure, we all can enter and drive a car that we've just rented and never owned before. But that "drive" probably means "basic usage", and basic usage is not a problem for cameras too. When you goes through advanced features such as sport style of driving, including the availability of different presets in the electronics, 4WD, etc... you do need some time to get into acquaintance with the car.

 

So cars' UIs are not so different than cameras' UIs.

 

PS I still recall the first time I drove a car with automatic gear, about 20 years ago. It was a rented car in San Francisco. First I took a few minutes to ensure I had correctly understood how to safely park; then, when I exited the car rental, I found myself at the very top of the typical steep downhill road in San Francisco, and I was *really* feeling uncomfortable for not having the clutch...