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.
