Juey wrote: > So when are they going to drop the focus ring from the lens? After all, > that's another ring that's made "redundant" by automation so why bother > having it on the lens? It'll be a lot cheaper to make a lens that's > just a few pieces of glass encased in a barrel with no rotating parts > surrounding it.
Actually, it has been done. Olympus did that with their ill fated AF 35mm slr system. They were probably too early at it. I have no doubt that this move is the next cost cutting Canon project. P�l
