In the case of an SLR, the orientation is related only to the viewfinder which acts as a hub. The lens, in this case, remains in the same orientation.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: John Celio <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 1:07 AM Subject: The problem with modern camera design Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This means that if you rotate your camera as if you were turning a steering wheel, the lens moves in a circle rather than rotating in one spot. I realize this doesn't affect many people, but when I was rotating my camera while taking long exposures of light strands, I could never get the lens to be at the center of rotation, and that was frustrating. So I came home and took a few dozen photos of my cats. Welcome to 2012. John -- http://www.jacelio.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. -- 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.
