A few months ago I wandered into this great forum and launched a
discussion about the not-so-manual aspects of the "manual" mode on
some compact(non-SLR) digital cameras.
My chief complaint was that when zooming, the iris(f-stop value) was
automatically decreased when zooming(increasing focal length).
It was stated here that that is in fact what happens when you increase
focal length - you reduce light intake. Fair enough.
But how difficult, and for that matter how costly, would it be for
manufacturers to allow a setting that "freezes" f-value at the
operator's choice when zooming.
That is, keep f=2.0 or 3.0 or whatever while zooming out to, say, 4x
or 6x optical, to really narrow the field of focus on the subject.
That's what the really expensive manual SLRs allow one to do, right?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsome1/1241705216/
just curious the cat,
-ChrisCoaster
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