With my M100/4.0, when pressing the green button while in manual, the shutter speed is set for the proper exposure at the f stop you have selected. It's not like shooting with a Spotmatic.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex wetmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: Re: New firmware 1.11 for *ist D > On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: > > On 17 Mar 2004 at 15:25, Bill Owens wrote: > > > I swear mine didn't until I reinstalled 1.11 > > > > OK mine works, I forgot that it only works in the "M" position (or did I?), my > > apologies. > > It only works in the M position. There is really no meaningful way for it > to work in any other position. > > In Tv the camera can't adjust the aperture, so I don't know what it > would do. > > It isn't true Av because it only meters while stopped down and not > continuously. > > I guess they could have made it work this way, but I don't think that it > would be much better: > * In Av pressing the green button sets the shutter speed to have the > right exposure. Exposure compensation is used to adjust it. This is > how M works now. > * In M the green button updates the meter reading, but doesn't change > the shutter speed. This would be really annoying to use. You would > press the green button, see that it was off by a few stops, adjust > the shutter or aperture to compensate, then press the green button > again. Maybe it would be right, maybe the light changed a bit and now > it is half a stop off. Repeat. > > K/M lenses only work in M mode. It is like shooting with a Spotmatic > all over again. I like it. > > alex > >
