On Jun 16, 2006, at 1:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Now; why should the camera have separate "alive" times for > the meter and everything else? Just a power saver?
Yes. Powering the meter means powering the illuminated displays in the viewfinder, not the LCD. Those illuminators consume a lot of power. The top-deck LCD consumes very little. Turning off the AF and metering circuitry while leaving the camera powered up overall means that with the lenses it is primarily designed for (A, F, FA, DA series lenses), taking a picture is a matter of half-pressing the shutter release, framing, then pressing it the rest of the way to release the shutter. It would have been nice if the AE-L button also activated the meter so you could use the older lenses in two button presses instead of three. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
