I don't know of anybody marketing a fully manual digital camera All of my (non-SLR, so far) digital cameras have allowed manual operation, along with full auto (with various "scene" modes) and aperture or shutter priority. (You can specify that in most of the on-line camera-finder-for-you shopping guides.) They've also allowed manual focus, but (for all 3) that's been very cumbersome, and it wasn't really possible to judge focus with the the viewfinder or the screen. (The first had an optical viewfinder, and the other have 2 electronic.)
Mine allows full manual control, but I don't know of any that, like the K1000 -- favourite of photography instructors for so long -- is solely manual. (And finding one would surprise me. Though it would be perversely cool.)
Nice thing about an DSLR (compensation for all that extra weight I'm carrying compared to your pleasantly featherwight camera): manual focus works just fine. (OTOH, I have to change lenses twice to cover your camera's entire zoom range.)
I didn't remember that the K1000 was purely manual. (Mine was stolen many years ago.) I haven't seen a retro digicam like that either.
Part of the manual focusing problem is the typical digicam's user interface, particularly on smaller cameras. It's all switches; they work OK for selecting from menus and making adjustments in steps, but they are inadequate for fine, continuous control. Very few have something as efficient and effective as a ring around the lens barrel.
manual control
All of my (non-SLR, so far) digital cameras have allowed manual operation, along with full auto (with various "scene" modes) and aperture or shutter priority. (You can specify that in most of the on-line camera-finder-for-you shopping guides.) They've also allowed manual focus, but (for all 3) that's been very cumbersome, and it wasn't really possible to judge focus with the the viewfinder or the screen. (The first had an optical viewfinder, and the other have 2 electronic.)
Re: manual control
Nice thing about an DSLR (compensation for all that extra weight I'm carrying compared to your pleasantly featherwight camera): manual focus works just fine. (OTOH, I have to change lenses twice to cover your camera's entire zoom range.)
Re: manual control
Part of the manual focusing problem is the typical digicam's user interface, particularly on smaller cameras. It's all switches; they work OK for selecting from menus and making adjustments in steps, but they are inadequate for fine, continuous control. Very few have something as efficient and effective as a ring around the lens barrel.