Is there such thing as 'point-and-shoot for dummy' who ...

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... who used manual-focus SLR all his life.
Still puzzled how to operate a Point-and-shoot (digital). Just bought a basic Canon (made a little research, and it seems that the images from a $250 camera aren't really worse than a $700 does, and anyway I need it mostly for garage work diaries). The most stunning experience is the choice of color balancing for daylight-tungsten-flash-etc... Flash/exposure control is better that expected. Downside: built-in LCD is too optimistic... even very bad fuzzy pics look bright and crisp.
But!
- How do they photograph without actually dialling the focus ring and seeing it through the lenses? Plug-and-pray?
- How do they photograph without aperture control? With SLR, the only auto mode I use is aperture priority with exposure step up/down (daylight; all manual for flash). These Canon lens is tiny, but it's not fixed focus, and on some test shots there's a visible difference in image depth (same subject, same settings - ??)

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Topic - Is there such thing as 'point-and-shoot for dummy' who ... - klaus 01:05:19 11/05/02 (4)

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