On Sep 4, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> Just responding to the thread's discourse, Dario, where it seemed to >> be suggested that that the camera would do the switching between the >> two modes. > > In practice, no. If I set the two ISO settings manually, and then > switch the > flash on/off manually, I switch between the two settings manually. > >> I still don't see what you're suggesting would offer as any different >> from two or more user-configurable pre-set setup options. > > The purpose of my double setting is allowing to shoot say 300 > pictures in > two hours - 150 of which are shot with a flash and 150 are with > available > light only - and prevent I have to change the sensitivity setting > (or the > user setup option) back and forth 150+150 times in the dark. > > > That's the reason for the double ISO setting I ask for. > With such a function, I can set the two settings once at the > beginning of > the shooting session and be OK for the night.
Well, with the A2, for this purpose I would set up a user setting 1 for the ambient work and user setting 2 for the flash work, user setting 3 for .. etc, up to 5. Then it's just click-click to change the camera configuration between 5 different settings groups. I'd forget what I'd set by the next session a day later, so I'd re-set them specifically again. Although I don't normally use the feature (I don't normally have two/three specific setups for a single shooting session that would make it such an advantage ... which is why I never become familiar enough with it to remember how to set it up, etc), it seems like it addresses *exactly* what you want. >> My Konica >> Minolta A2 has three. I find I don't use them as I too frequently >> forget what I've configured *and* find that I forget how to define >> them. I find it takes me less effort and time to change the ISO than >> to fuss with the presets. > > I fully agree with you here. The D also has three of them and I > never use > them for the same reason. So why can't you do the same thing you're proposing with the D's custom user setups already? I could see the feature being useful this sort of thing, if this is indeed a situation you come across often. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
