> > > Hello, > > I checked Boz's site and saw that the -S does not have a Program mode > (though I am not sure I understand the Hypermanual setting). I guess > the shutter-speed dial has an A position, as the camera supports Av; > what happens if both that and the lens are set in A?
Boz has it wrong. (I'd describe the camera as having "Av, Hp, M, Tv", not "Av, Hm, M, Tv") The MZ-S has a program mode. It's rather like the hyper-program mode of the PZ-1p or *ist-D; moving the shutter-speed selector control while the camera is in program mode instantly switches the camera to shutter priority, but you can cancel that selection by pushing the green reset button. Unlike those other cameras, though, the MZ-S doesn't have a body-mounted control you can use to also switch to aperture priority; the only way to do that is to move the lens off the "A" position. If you do that you can still set the shutter explicitly or automatically. There is no shutter speed dial, per se, so there's no "A" position; you tell the camera to switch to automatic shutter speed selection by pushing the green button. Pushing this button switches the camera from M to Av, so there is no Hm mode - in Hm mode pushing that button would perform a one-time metering and shutter speed selection step, but would leave the camera in manual exposure mode.
