Thanks, Bruce. Your response makes me feel like the people portrayed in the film, Open Water, bobbing in a sea of technical complexities <LOL>
What I think I understand you to be saying is that the user can set the camera up to behave as desired, although it's not the default and may take some fiddling. But, once it's set, will it remain set? Or does it change to the default when the camera is turned off and then restarted? If I were to get one of these puppies (or the new as-yet-to-be-released model) I'd like to be able to use it manually at all times (manual lenses, manual focus, manually setting shutter speed or aperture, or on aperture priority), unless I wanted to change something, without having to change or adjust the last used setting whenever the camera was turned off/on. Is that possible? BTW, re your comment about the feature being found on a P&S, my little Sony DSC-S85 does just that ... while it may not have the full range of features that a DSLR has, it does exactly what I tell it to do without argument, and everythingt remains the same when cycled on/off. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The basic issue is that the sensitivity (ISO) is variable on a shot by > shot basis. So one setting on the camera is to let this value change > (figured into the metering) in some of the non-manual modes. The net > effect is somewhat like using matrix metering (you don't really know > what the camera is doing). So instead of just altering shutter speed > or aperture, the camera may change the ISO value instead. My opinion > is that this kind of feature is something that you would see on a P&S > rather than on a more sophisticated camera. One who is in control of > metering and exposure probably wouldn't welcome the behavior. On top > of that, Pentax made it the default setting. > > Paul is more or less saying that he found out the hard way, that this > is certainly not a feature that he wants enabled. > > For the record, I always set my two *istD's identically so that > picking up either one gives no suprises. > > Bruce > > > Friday, September 10, 2004, 8:51:14 AM, you wrote: > > SB> Are you suggesting that you can't control the camera to expose EXACTLY the > SB> way you want it to? Or that you can, but you have to set camera > SB> adjustments a specific way? And, if the camera is adjusted to give you > SB> what you want wrt exposure, are other functions lost? > > SB> Shel > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> My second *istD and the DA 16-45 lens arrived late yesterday. i've set > >> up identical functions and custom functions in both cameras. After some > >> bad experiences with "auto sensitivity adjustment," I've turned that > >> off. If you're on Aperture priority, it will switch to a higher ISO > >> when it runs out of shutter speed. It won't open up a stop. And it > >> doesn't trust the photographer to work with a slow shutter speed of > >> 1/15 or so, something which I do quite frequently. > > >
