On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 03:20:45 -0600, christopher wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:16:02 -0500, "Dirk J. Bakker"
> wrote:
>
>>Nobody here, except you, has used the expression, much less claim, the
>>XL-1s is "an ergonomic success story".
>
>the controls are laid out well, to my way of doing things. the camera
>itself can be a little unbalanced feeling at times doing some stuff...
>but then again so can any camera, unless it's a little tiny
>lightweight one

Many of the controls are well designed and positioned on the
XL-1, and function well - except, unfortunately, some of the
basic ones, like lens focus...