Several Zeiss Ikon cameras and the Contax G2 ran the manual focus
control from the body. So did the Argus C3. I'm sure there are others.
I'm not that dogmatic about it. I work with whatever the
manufacturers offer, and some I like - some I don't.
I like the co-location of exposure controls on modern cameras,
separate from focus and focal length controls, but of course I like
any system most when it is implemented well and fits my hands properly.
I was browsing the thread on "how you hold your camera" ... I hold
any given camera in whatever way will let me hold it steadily and
allow me to work well in whatever situation I'm trying to photograph.
If the camera is well designed for my hands, I don't have to think
about it at all. If the camera's design is cluttered or poorly
balanced, it's a pain.
Godfrey
On Sep 27, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
I just happen to believe the aperture setting should be on the
lens, the
shutter on the camera body. That makes sence to me. Just like a
gear lever
belongs on top of the gear box in a car. Young people never
realizes what
the aperture setting actually does.
It's kinda backwards putting it at the back of the body. Soon manual
focusing control will be sitting on the already crowded body as
well. I
guess it in fact did just that - on some historic and rather
successful (!!)
Minolta body with blue buttons!?
You could just learn how to hold the camera such that you didn't hit
the thumbwheel control accidentally. It's pretty simple, really. I've
moved aperture rings on lenses by accident too, until I trained
myself not to grab the wrong ring. ;-)
