WRONG- if you have multiple bodies, and each of them has exposure compensation dialin in to get them to all match, you not only have to remember what exp compensation to use on these bodies everytime you turn them on, you will be further prone to mistakes when you actually want to use REAL expeosure compensation be the setting is off zero for zero to begin with. It would be much better to have a seperate metering sensitivity aetting (adjustment) buried in a menu somewhere that would allow you to match all your bodies ( or even one body to a particular standard you prefer over the nominal standard) with any and all cameras set to ZERO on the exp comp setting. So I do not agree that exp comp setting is even close the the same thing as a metering sensitivity setting or adjustment. Nearly all the film SLRS that pentax made that had exposure compensation ALSO had a seperate metering sensitivity adjustment so the meter oould be calibrated to a standard. This adjustment was usually an easy service adjustment done with a screwdriver thru the top plate so the body did not have to be disassembled to make the adjustment. The same thing could be done thru a menu or custom setting on a DSLR, but its not exposure compensation its metering sensitivity adjustment with exp comp on zero which is definately a different thing. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:20 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit That's basically what exposure comp does on the D or the K10. It remains set until you turn it off. Paul On Dec 15, 2006, at 4:41 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I SURE DO. > > You would have to be an idiot to think otherwise. > Why in the world would you want to have to remember > or ignore exposure compensation settings for each > camera when you could match them once and for > all and have them behave identically without > any exposure compensation. thats much better > from a user standpoint and when you REALLY want > or need exposure compensation it would be dialed > in as normal, not added or subtracted from some > base setting off zero that is already there for > body to body matching. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:56 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit > > >> I shot the wedding ceremony with both my D and the K10 in available >> light. My D was set with a half stop over exposure comp, the K10 was >> baselined. The exposures were virtually identical. > > Good. You have practical experience. > Do you think a buried adjustment for matching your cameras would be > preferable to exposure compensation? > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
