Even relatively sophisticated snapshot cameras sometime were designed that way. I used to have a Minox 35EL, and a Canon Demi EE-1.7 that had such markings on them.

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Keith Whaley wrote:

I have an older camera (that I can't seem to put my hands on right now...) that has symbols in lieu of the hyperfocal distances.
for instance, it has an outline of a single head, an outline of three heads, as tho' it were a group of people, and a mountain range.
Those actual distance settings might correspond to 5 feet, 15 feet and 30 feet.
These settings would allow reasonable sharpness images, at f/8.0, that cover just about all possibilities, giving a fully manual camera a point-and-shoot convenience.


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