OK, the green button (*ist D) stops the aperture down and makes a metering, if you are in "M-mode" and a K or M lens is mounted. I believe this is what happens on the DS, only it's not the greeen botton, but the DOF preview botton. Jens
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 17. november 2004 02:05 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: *ist-DS english manual Jens Bladt mused: > > John Francis wrote: > > >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 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 16. november 2004 20:10 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: *ist-DS english manual > > > 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 > > > 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. > > > > > > >
