Jens Bladt mused:
>
> John Francis wrote:
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> >On page 179, with the custom setting for "using aperture ring" set to
> "permitted" and the camera in manual mode, it states >>that when depth of
> field is checked (Preview), AE metering is switched on. Is this not what
> >happens when the green button on the *ist-D is depressed?
>
> Yes!
> Jens
1) That wasn't me who wrote that - be more careful with attributions.
2) You're wrong, anyway - that isn't what happens when the green
button on the *ist-D is pressed. I explained the difference
in my reply, which you seem to have trimmed away.
> Jens Bladt
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> Sendt: 16. november 2004 20:10
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> Emne: Re: *ist-DS english manual
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>
> On page 179, with the custom setting for "using aperture ring" set to
> "permitted" and the camera in manual mode, it states that when depth of
> field is checked (Preview), AE metering is switched on. Is this not what
> happens when the green button on the *ist-D is depressed?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:44 pm
> Subject: Re: *ist-DS english manual
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> > Alin Flaider mused:
> > >
> > > [. . . .]
> > > With regard to aperture-set-from-the-lens implementation: in
> > manual> mode one can only check out the difference from metered
> > exposure by
> > > pressing the DOF lever; there is no provision for automatic
> > setting> of the speed value like the *ist d does. Too bad, it
> > renders old
> > > lenses almost useless.
> >
> > Are you sure? The first reports on the *ist-Ds that were posted here
> > said that this ability was available (though by pushing the AE-L
> > button,since there is no "green button")
> >
> > Maybe when somebody actually gets a *ist-Ds we'll know the real story.
> >
> > I know there's no mention of it in the manual. But there's no mention
> > of "green button" mode in the *ist-D manual, either.
> >
> >
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