> Just checked dpreview and saw that the istds has "picture modes." What is > a picture mode? Is that like landscape, portrait, macro, bowling, and the > like?
Yes, such kind of things. > Also, the istds has one user memory while its big brother has three. What > exactly is a user memory? Does it mean that only one person can enter > various info into the camera vs three for the istD? A user memory is a combination of settings. You can enter three different combinations for different purposes. It can be usefule for when different people use the camera too. > Under "Program lines" the istds has none while the istd has four: > > <> Normal > <> Hi-S > <> Depth of field > <> MTF > > So, what's a program line? How meaningful or important is it to have such > things? A program line is how a program manages changing shutter speeds and apertures for different light levels. The *istDs has Picture modes, which are even more specialized programs, setting not only shutter speed and aperture values, but also color rendition (optimized for skin tones in portrait, optimized of greens and blues in landscape, and so on) and more settings. > The istd has a bar graph. Does that show the various places Frank stopped > off for a beer on his way home, or is it something less meaningful? A bar graph is a way to read under/overexposure in an "analog" readout when doing manual exposure. The longer the lit bar graph, the more off from metered exposure level. Dario
