istD-EV question + do I understand correctly?
Posted 22/12/2003 - 14:36
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Hi Ava!
Your understanding is correct (With a slight tweak on the P mode...)
The P-mode picks its own shutter speed and aperture combination, but you can also change the shutter and aperture as an override by using the thumb and finger wheels. (This is my preferred mode for day-to-day shooting.) Half touch shutter to get an exposure, and it I prefer larger depth of field, I adjust the aperture with the thumb wheel. It's a really nice way of having automatic but with some control. (By the way, if you have adjusted the Tv/Av combination in this way, pressing the green button will bring it back to normal ) The default is Normal, but depending on your subject matter, you can choose a different one
Which Tv/Av combination the P mode will choose is down to the "Program Line" that can be set in the Custom Function. It is a choice of four: "Normal" (pretty obvious), "Hi Speed" (picks faster shutter speeds and is useful for kids and sport), "Depth" (picks smaller apertures as preferred to gain larger depth of field), and "MTF" (which stands for Maximum Transfer Function and will pick the aperture the lense is sharpest at - usually one or two f-stops down from open wide).
The Ev compensation will not operate in the Green mode To use it, hold down the +/- button and adjust the finger wheel to give overexposure (+ figures) and underexposure (- figures). To quickly reset back to normal, hold the +/- button and press the green button - goes back to 0.0
Hope that helps
Matt
Your understanding is correct (With a slight tweak on the P mode...)
The P-mode picks its own shutter speed and aperture combination, but you can also change the shutter and aperture as an override by using the thumb and finger wheels. (This is my preferred mode for day-to-day shooting.) Half touch shutter to get an exposure, and it I prefer larger depth of field, I adjust the aperture with the thumb wheel. It's a really nice way of having automatic but with some control. (By the way, if you have adjusted the Tv/Av combination in this way, pressing the green button will bring it back to normal ) The default is Normal, but depending on your subject matter, you can choose a different one
Which Tv/Av combination the P mode will choose is down to the "Program Line" that can be set in the Custom Function. It is a choice of four: "Normal" (pretty obvious), "Hi Speed" (picks faster shutter speeds and is useful for kids and sport), "Depth" (picks smaller apertures as preferred to gain larger depth of field), and "MTF" (which stands for Maximum Transfer Function and will pick the aperture the lense is sharpest at - usually one or two f-stops down from open wide).
The Ev compensation will not operate in the Green mode To use it, hold down the +/- button and adjust the finger wheel to give overexposure (+ figures) and underexposure (- figures). To quickly reset back to normal, hold the +/- button and press the green button - goes back to 0.0
Hope that helps
Matt
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Posted 23/12/2003 - 02:46
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That is very helpful!
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1. Green mode is totally automatic. You just shoot.
2. P mode you can adjust the shutter or F-stop and the camera will compensate for proper exposure.
3. Av mode- you decide on the aperature and the camera adjusts the sutter.
4. Tv mode- you decide on the sutter and the camera adjusts the aperature.
5. Manual- you adjust the sutter and aperature and look at the metering indicator on the right. Proper exposure is the center and you can purposely under or over expose.
Is this correct?
Also-
I tried to set the EV and cannot get it to work in the way the manual states. Does this only work in a certain mode?