Glen a écrit :
For someone like me, who has been switching between the various exposure modes a lot, it's really disappointing that all these settings can get overridden, depending on the exposure mode. If only Pentax would make a firmware update that eliminated this unwanted behavior. With things switching around like this, "behind my back". I'll have to forget about using most of the exposure modes. I don't want my color saturation and other settings fluctuating during a shoot, just because I switched exposure modes.
Personally, I consider this as an interesting feature rather than an issue. I usually use P, T, A, M or B modes, where all settings are applicable. Accasionally, my wife picks up my DS to shoot a picture or two, and certainly does not want to bother much with settings. I'm pretty sure that whatever weird settings I left on the DS with, most of them will be disabled in the picture modes, so my wife doesn't bark at me that "my camera is unuseable". Still better, when I pick the DS back, I get my screwy settings back automagically.
I would have a harder time justifying my investment in the DS if my wife couldn't consistently use it, so it's a really cool feature ;-) . Any other SLR that operates differently would be unacceptable to her, and she hates point and shoot digital cameras, with their crappy/non-existent viewfinders, their W/T switches, their power-on and shutter delay, and their poor red eye performance.
Additionally, if I'm doing some special shooting with specific settings, I can always get back to a picture mode on short notice to catch an unexpected event and be sure I get a decent picture.
By the way, I've been having my DS for a few weeks now, and all in all, moving from the MZ5n to the *ist DS is quite comfortable! I just feel a little awkward when it comes to selecting shutter speed/aperture... Especially aperture, which I frequently try to set with the ring... Fortunately, the flash recess over the lens barrel makes unlocking the A setting almost impossible, and I guess it is actually intentional from Pentax.
Patrice
