That is how it was originally done. All the controls were on the lens and about the only thing on the body was the shutter release and film advance.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:20 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 10, 2010, at 9:11 PM, David Savage wrote: > >> I was playing with a friends Canon S90 last weekend and it has a >> control ring surrounding the lens that can be used for manual focus as >> well as controlling aperture, shutter speed etc. > > Yuck! > > >> >> DS >> >> On 11 September 2010 01:42, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Most point and shoots don't have focus rings, or an easy method of manual >>> focus. Look how well that works out. We have so much to look forward to. >>> >>> On 9/10/2010 7:48 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> >>>> David Savage wrote: >>>> >>>>> It'll certainly have a focus ring. >>>> >>>> Here's a question for the peanut gallery: How long before someone >>>> makes a lens that *doesn't* have a focusing ring? For casual shooters >>>> who never take the camera off auto focus. Given the continuing drive >>>> to shave costs wherever possible, I'll bet someone does it. My money >>>> is on Canon for DSLR's and Panasonic for EVIL cameras. Place your >>>> bets! >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed >>> moral bankruptcy." >>> -Woody Allen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
