All of these shooting modes are Program preset configurations, which
work pretty well for their average scene types. Yes, a photographer
with some insight would replicate and improve on their settings ... I
don't think it's expected that experienced photographers would want
to use them.
But for novices and people who don't aspire to being a photographer,
they make getting a decent shot simple.
What this implies is that experienced photographers can simply ignore
them and therefore don't have to read about 2/3 of the instruction
booklet. Concentrate on P, Tv, Av, M, B exposure modes, and other
aspects of the more basic camera settings, as well as the image
processing settings if you intend to use JPEG in-camera processing. I
know from my own usage that, without Program shift control, they
could almost deliver the camera without P and Tv modes too...
BTW: speaking of that, you can get the equivalent of Program shift in
Tv and Av modes ... Just press the AE-Lock button after framing your
metering target. Now when you roll the thumbwheel, the other tuples
of [EMAIL PROTECTED] time can be chosen easily. I find this a very
useful and subtle feature.
Godfrey
On Nov 1, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
This little discussion has motivated me to look into the different
shooting
modes offered by the istDS - the one's indicated by the happy face,
the
mountain, the torso, and so on, and see just what differences they
provide.
Frankly, I've never used them, and from what I've read in the manual,
there's nothing they offer other than providing shutter speeds and
apertures that are "appropriate" for different situations. Nothing
that
can't be controlled better by the photographer.
I noticed at DPReview that quite a few cameras - even some with
"professional" aspirations - have at least some shooting modes.
It's nice
to know that the istD doesn't have the "happy face
syndrome" (insert smiley
happy face here <LOL>)
