You can control the camera to expose exactly the way you want it to. In fact you have a great deal of control. You can use the camera in any of five exposure modes, including full manual. In some of the auto modes, you can also set it to change the ISO automatically if there's not enough light. Since I sometimes like to shoot in aperture priority mode, I had that function turned on because it sounded like it might be handy. It wasn't. It was too eager to up the ISO, so I turned it off. Now my ap priority mode works the same as on an LX or any other camera, although I can choose between spot, center weighted, and multi-segment metering. I frequently use the camera in fully manual, center-weighted mode. Just like an MX.
Paul
On Sep 10, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Are you suggesting that you can't control the camera to expose EXACTLY the
way you want it to? Or that you can, but you have to set camera
adjustments a specific way? And, if the camera is adjusted to give you
what you want wrt exposure, are other functions lost?
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.
