Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an "A*" lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure (indicated by 0.0 in finder).
- (still holding DOF preview) Hit AE-L
- Relax (finally release DOF previe- start physical therapy on thumb)
- Trigger shutter (subject has left the area).
Am I missing a short cut?
TIA,
-Ryan
With an A* lens, you can just set the lens to A, and adjust aperture
on the body with the wheel and +/- button. With a K or M lens, you
don't need to stop down, just hit the AE-L button, which functions
like the Green button when using a lens with the aperture set to
something other than A.
Hmmm. This doesn't seem to work that way on the DL- doesn't meter.
-R
-Adam
Have you set the CF which allows 'Aperture other than A'? Without that
setting, the AE-L trick won't work.
Even with using the DoF button, you shouldn't need to use AE-L, the
camera will maintain the shutter speed you've chosen in M until you
change it, unless you use AE-L to set a shutter speed.
-Adam
