It's not instant, the meter comes on, grabs the first reading it can and uses that. This is common to most cameras that do AE.
You don't notice as it does this as soon as the shutter passes the half-press point as you are depressing the shutter all the way. AE only takes a fraction of a second. AF bodies need the half-press to AF anyways, especially if you've got it in focus priority and AF-S (if that's configurable on the camera, although focus priority is typically the default for cameras which do not permit a choice between focus priority and release priority). Any IS technology needs a couple seconds to initially stabilize. J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I dont beleive you need to half press the > shutter button to activate the meter on > auto expose modes, its > instant isnt it? i.e you can just shoot > whenever you want, no waiting for meter > or need for half shutter presses. > No Pentax film camera ever needed you > to half press the shutter on any auto exposure > modes as far as I know. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:20 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D > > > On 12/2/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I said you should be ABLE to turn off the >> few second delay for SR. I didnt mean >> that its on all the time. I meant you >> should be able to activate it constantly when >> you want to and be able to shoot instantly >> if needed without any half shutter presses >> or waiting a few seconds to shoot. > > Fair enough. > > But you have to half press the shutter button to activate the meter > anyway (you have to option of having the meter on for 3, 10 or 30 > seconds). > >> Does the few second wait for SR start all over >> again if you expose a photo and/or release >> the shutter button momentarily? > > As long as you keep the shutter half pressed after taking a shot SR > stays on. If you take your finger of the shutter then you have to wait > for SR to kick in again. > > Dave > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of David Savage >> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:44 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D >> >> >> If you've got the camera switched on and it's swinging from you >> neck/shoulder etc. as your walking around, what's the point of having >> the camera constantly compensating for this movement when there is no >> need to. >> >> In operation it's not so bad. You just keep the shutter release half >> pressed and at the decisive moment fire away. >> >> Dave >> >> On 12/2/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> That sucks if its true, probably >>> done to save battery charge.....That should >>> be able to be turned off and shoot >>> at will with SR if you like IMHO. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
