On Sat, 15 May 2004, Peter Loveday wrote: > Actually, my Canon S45 digicam has this "Custom" mode (the G3/G5 etc have > more than 1 I think), which is also on the mode-dial. "What a great > feature" I thought to start, I set it up so that mode was flash-disabled, > ISO 400 (high as it goes), etc thinking I'd use it for low-light where I > don't want to be setting off a flash (like a gallery, or whatever). > Unfortunately being on the mode dial meant I had to choose P/Tv/Av/M also, I > could not switch this and still use the custom settings, rendering the > feature useless to my mind.
The Pentax *ist D has 3 custom modes. You can program different settings for each one and change between them very quickly (a couple of button presses). I haven't experimented to see if these change things like the flash mode, or only the custom function settings. I think that the *ist D raises the ISO until the camera can be used handheld when you have it in the auto-adjust ISO mode. alex
