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Old January 28th 19, 06:02 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Commander Kinsey
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Default Nikon is backwards

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:38:15 -0000, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 28/01/2019 17.52, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:46:24 -0000, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:16:09 +0000, "David B." "David
wrote:

On 28/01/2019 00:20, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:03:04 -0000, RichA wrote:

On Sunday, 27 January 2019 17:32:41 UTC-5, Commander Kinsey wrote:
https://www.nickcarverphotography.co...-is-backwards/

Now I know it's not just me that's annoyed by this. In fact more
than annoyed, I once BROKE a Nikon camera I'd rented, costing me
£200, simply by trying to attach the lens in the correct clockwise
manner. The rental company was not amused.

The bayonet is fine if you never go from one system to another and
back, but it grates if you do.

Not for me. Everything in life tightens to the right. Taps, screws,
etc, etc. Having to do one thing the other way simply will never work
for me. It's one of those things I expect to be intuitive. If I want
to tighten something, it goes clockwise. If that snaps a fragile
component inside the camera, I'll never buy their product again.
There's simply no need to be different to the rest of the entire world.

cough Sounds to me as if you've never connected a gas hose to a
propane bottle! ;-)

Or changed a lawn mower blade.


No need for either of those to be backwards either. The designers were
clearly dimwits.


You will find that most rotating gear use screws "the wrong way",
because the rotation would lose them if they weren't. To put the screws
"the right way" you have to make the motor turn "the wrong way".


How is there a wrong way for a mower blade to turn? Either way would cut the grass identically.