On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > Aaaaah, got it. Well, that is one THICK manual, and I have only had it for > 2 days, so it's a lot to absorb and comprehend in that time! (hehe, well, > that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!). > > Even so, I still think that it is too many modes to offer, and would only > serve to confuse and slow me down during a shoot. In hindsight, I don't > think I like the idea of the TAV mode actually, as I don't want to be > "surprised" at the end of a shoot with images containing too much noise on > account of being too high an ISO setting without me controlling it. > Likewise with Sv mode, as I never change my ISO setting at all on my camera, > I always leave it at ISO 200, unless I REALLY need it for low light, and > then I just change it manually and change it back when I am finished, and I > always like to have control over my aperture and shutter speed and wouldn't > allow the camera to choose this for me. So, I guess that is two more > features that will be redundant on me. > > Although, at Bruce's suggestion, I may have a play with that green button! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > Francis > Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 8:20 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: i'm in luuuuuurv... > > > No - it's exactly the opposite of Sv mode. > > In Sv mode you set the ISO (directly, using a thumb wheel, not by drilling > down into the menu system),
With the K7 you don't have to go into a menu system to set ISO. You just push the ISO button and use the rear thumb wheel. Love that. Paul > and the camera sets the shutter speed and > aperture. > > In TAv you set both the shutter speed and the aperture, and the camera sets > the ISO to get the exposure right. > > This is all explained in the manual > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
