If an HP printer has to display “sleep mode on” to mean that it is “sleeping”, then there is something wrong with the ergonomy.


Photography by Marco Venturini Autieri
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If an HP printer has to display “sleep mode on” to mean that it is “sleeping”, then there is something wrong with the ergonomy.

It happened that today my trusty, bread-defroster Sharp microwave oven retired from this world.
I knew I needed a new oven, and I knew I love my Nikon FM2n camera.
There are not many microwave ovens suitable for users of this very fine camera. Do you see the simplicity? Shutter-speed dial: that’s all you need to take a picture. The remaining bits (aperture and focus) would be on the lens.
I could not but choose a Samsung MW82N-B then:
One knob to set the power, one know to set the time. Do you need more? I don’t.
Perhaps, a user of a camera like, say, Sony α 900
(fantastic simple display, eh?) would have chosen an oven like the…
Panasonic NN-A574SBBTQ (where the name itself is as simple as the layout).
I don’t know about you, but I do prefer my Nikon (and my Samsung).