In theory, but any time you add a place where there can be user error,
that's what you get, user error. (I aught to know, I don't do nothin'
but make mistakes).
Cory Papenfuss wrote:
One very simple workaround (albeit fiddly) would be to allow the
user to *tell* the camera what aperture the lens is set to. In
other words, make the f-stop indicator blink in 'M' mode with an
M/K/A(in non-A). If you dial in the correct number that you've got
on the lens, the camera knows everything it needs to do everything.
Granted, it requires setting the f-stop correctly in two places, but
it would be a simple thing to do. With that, stop-down metering
wouldn't even be necessary with an A in non-A or a modified K/M.
Gack..
It actually wouldn't be that bad. In some ways, it's even less of
a kludge than the stop-down metering. If it were a modified (with
insulators) lens, or an 'A' in non-A, it could read absolute
aperture. If used with a plain M, it could be relative... i.e. stops
from full-open. Then there would be very little functionality lost...
basically you get Av mode rather than only M mode.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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