Jens wrote:
> How did this get so complicated?
> Is it posible, that it could be this simple?:
> 1. The green Exposure Mode Button (EMB) returns the camera to a program.
> Either Av (If the Aperture is set on the lens/not "A"-position) or P (HYP).
Isn't this what has been said all along?
>
> 2. When activating either the Aperture Ring or the Select Dial the camera
> turns into Av or Tv, NOT Manual.
I don't think so - it depends on the setting of the camera. If you turn the shutter
ring while the aperture is not at A (aperture priority), I would expect the camera to
go into manual. At least this is what the press release suggests.
>
> 3. If both the Aperture Ring and the Select Dial is activated, the camera
> turns into Manual Mode.
Of course.
> (This is very much how the Super Program/Super A works)
>
> 4. The Hold Button can hold the shutter speed at what ever value it has
> reached, regardsless how it got there, that is, no matter if this was set by
> the Program, Av or Tv (manual selected). The Aperture then acts acording to
> the selected program or (if the Aperture Ring is activeted), not at all.
> Another posibility is that the Hold button simply is a ML (Memory Lock)
> button (Like PZ1-p).
Not likely. The MZ-S has a dedicated ML lock button.
I suspect the hold button enables the camera to stay in the prefered mode but still
adjust eg. shutterspeed. Eg. you're in manual mode but want to set the shutterspeed to
the metered value. You then press the green (IF) button and the camera goes into
aperture priority mode. However, you do not want the camera to jump into aperture
priority mode - only set the shutterspeed according to aperture priority, hence you
use the hold switch - the camera will still be in manual mode. With the use of the
hold button the manual mode turns into hyper manual like on the Z-1p. Without the hold
button the IF button work like instant switch between modes. I'm not sure it works
exactly like this but its certainly something similar. A dedicated shutter lock makes
no sense if it isn't connected to exposure in this manner.
Pål
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