Spotmatics the camera did the metering "calculation" Too, it told you where to set the shutter dial via A match needle. That's what metering is. Just because The DSLRs set the speed for you one time doesn't make It AE because with AE you can change aperture setting And lighting ( shoot all day ) and still get corrected exposures Without having to repeatedly push buttons to update The shutter speed setting. This is getting old and Once again you are trying to somehow justify what Cant be justified just to argue. What the DSLRs do Is like AE LOCK, not AE which is a BTG difference. I want both. And I want it open aperture, not stop Down. If you don't care that's you, but don't pretend It's the same thing, that's absurd. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:43 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > Give it up will you? Locked exposure settings is manual > By any standard. If you have to push a button everytime to > Get the correct exposure its not AUTOmatic. Your playing > The semantics game not me... My understanding (semantics) is that when in an automatic exposure mode, the camera will set one exposure parameter to compensate for the other one being adjusted by the user. The implementation on the PSLR cameras is that the user sets the aperture setting, and then pushes a button once. The camera then sets the shutter speed itself. I see what you are getting at that the user having to push a button means that the exposure is now manual, but the routine is closer to automatic than manual, since the camera is still doing all the exposure calculation. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
