yes, fair enough, star scapes. ok, no AF.
BUT: do we really need a focus ring to twiddle on each and every lens?
with focus by wire lenses "manual focus" could just as well be controlled from camera body. Either by dialing in desired focus distance - anything between MFD and "infinity, visible light", "infinity IR" in menu/selection by tapping touch screen or by using a physical control element on camera body - eg a "multifunction ring around lens base" or a "really right", precise version of the "multifunction slider bar" (the one on EOS R seems 1st gen and botched) ?
I really question the need for a manual focus ring on each and every lens. no prob, if there are many lenses with such a ring. All i would like to have is a good choice of "pure AF" lenses without it. just like a "pure stills camera without video recording.
So i'll keep asking for it "in public". Lens makers do notice. it also took a while of "complaining and whining" on the net, but today all major 3rd party lens makers are suddenly able to match zoom and focus ;-) ring turn direction to respective lens mount convention. Before i started my "campaign", many of their lenses only has with "Nikon leftie wrong turn" rings even in Canon EF mount versions. Sigma, Tokina, Tamron ... i was among the very first to "massively bitch and moan: wrong turn rings, will not buy" in response to every new lens announcement/review. makers apparently took notice, they realized there is a "real life, usage" problem and today we get most lenses with mount-matched turning ring/s. (to me only zoom rings are relevant of course).
had i just shut up and put up like most others, we might never have gotten it.
and now that we are finally getting some choice of "FF mirrorfree systens" it is time to ask for things like "pure stills, video-free cameras", for "focus ring-free lenses" and "moving mechanical parts-free cameras (global shutter)".
in other words: i push ultra-conservative imaging gear makers to come up with *21st century interchangeable lens camera systems*.
yes, i am on a mission, please bear with me.