>If you want stop down manual metering, set the *ist-Ds to manual hold in the DOF preview. The Lens >stops down to taking aperture and the metering bar graph turns on. Adjust the shutter speed or >aperture ring until the graph centers release the DOF lever and shoot. Both work well as long as >your aware that if there is too little light to give an accurate meter reading the camera will >set it's shutter speed to the slowest speed available at some magic ev that it thinks is >appropriate, it just won't be right.
Hey Folks, Thanks for the helpful replies I got. Last night I verified this method works. And I also discovered what P.J.Alling mentioned, which was that for some reason my camera would balk at setting an exposure slower than 1/10 second. Counting F-stops I could figure the right exposure, though. I'm checking to make sure that my flash (AF 500FTZ) will be compatible in TTL in this mode. Cheers Barry Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species Specialist Invasive Species Initiative The Nature Conservancy V: 530-754-8891 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
