If the camera can decide to do something unreasonable in aperture
priority mode and I can easily decide to switch back to manual to the
exposure that I deem correct because I just deliberately set it why did
I switch to aperture priority in the first place?
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/2/2012 2:50 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> My E-510 seldom changes from the A setting, since it usually mounts manual
>> Leica-R lenses. I shoot RAW, and make adjustments in the conversion
>> process. Menus are just for confusing us senior citizens. ;~)
>
> Way back in the mid-'80s, I was going to college learning computer
> programming. One of my professors was of the opinion that menues were
> the sign of poor software design. He had a few good reasons for that,
> but since menus were still cool, so we pretty much ignrored him.
>
> I've mentioned it many many times, but one of the brilliances of the
> OM system is the mode switch design. Go to full manual, set your
> aperture and shutter speed for your "correct" exposure and then flip
> the switch back to aperture-priority to let the camera adapt. Just
> keep an eye on the metering. When the indicated shutter speed doesn't
> jive with what you think is reasonable, just flip it back to manual,
> get the shot and flip it back. This can be done entirely by feel and
> you never need to take your eye off the subject.
>
> AG
>
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