Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an "A*" lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure (indicated by 0.0 in finder).
- (still holding DOF preview) Hit AE-L
- Relax (finally release DOF previe- start physical therapy on thumb)
- Trigger shutter (subject has left the area).
Am I missing a short cut?
TIA,
-Ryan
With an A* lens, you can just set the lens to A, and adjust aperture on
the body with the wheel and +/- button. With a K or M lens, you don't
need to stop down, just hit the AE-L button, which functions like the
Green button when using a lens with the aperture set to something other
than A.
-Adam