>With M and K lenses, only >manual mode is available, which I have not found to be a hindrance. With M and K lenses, only >manual mode is available, which I have not found to be a hindrance.
Almost true. I found, that with an Pentax-F 1.7X AF adapter between the lens and the body, the *ist D shutter Will fire in ALL MODES, which will all (M exempted) work as Av mode, and expose correctly, but all shots will be taken at full aperture... :-( Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. september 2004 18:15 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: *ist D for me Yes, that is all correct. You can also use exposure compensation in all modes, including shutter priority and hyper program mode in addition to manual and ap priority. (There's also an idiot mode, which I believe is called program that requires nothing of the user.,) Hyper program mode, which all the lat- model film camera guys are quite familiar with, will pick it's own shutter speed and ap initially based on firmware parameters. Then if you change the ap that becomes a priority and the camera will vary only shutter speed, or if you change the shutter, that becomes a priority and the camera will change only the ap. It is sometimes useful, although I generally work in aperture priority or manual mode. When shooting something that requires a high shutter speed, I'll work in shutter priority mode. In all modes, you can add plus or minus exposure up to three stops. In terms of the camera's capability to change ISO automatically, that's not something you have to override. You can set that as a function. It's either on or off, and stays on or off until you change it again. You can't really change it accidentally, since you have to go into the menu and scroll through the custom functions to find it. With M and K lenses, only manual mode is available, which I have not found to be a hindrance. Since, as you well know, manual exposure forces one to think, which is usually an advantage <g>. Paul On Sep 11, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > So, if I understand what you're saying, you can set the camera so that > it > can under expose or over expose regardless of what the meter says is > the > ideal exposure, and that can be done either manually or in ap > priority, and > that you can override the camera's desire to change the iso. > > Shel > > Paul said: > > >> 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. >>> > >
