Program shift allows you to shift through the possible exposures for a
given EV on most cameras. Very useful when the program comes up with
something you don't want.
On the D however it's HyperProgram, and it jumps you into either
Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority depending on which you shift (Tv
wheel shifts into Shutter Priority, Av Wheel into Aperture Priority)
until you kick it back into Program with the green button. This is IMHO
superior to the standard Program Shift.
-Adam
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I think we're pretty much in agreement here. I just posted some similar
comments in response to something greywolf said.
What is "Program Shift?"
Shel
"You meet the nicest people with a Pentax"
[Original Message]
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
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.
[...] 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.
