On Dec 30, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Eric Featherstone wrote: >> Followup to initial response: So is "stopped down" "shutter priority"? > > No, the two concepts are not linked. > > Your DS does have "Green button" you just don't know it! Probably > because it's neither green nor a button. It's the on-off switch; it > has a third position marked by an aperture style symbol. If I recall > correctly that's how you use older lenses on a DS. It stops the > aperture down (hence stop-down) to do the metering and sets the > shutter speed accordingly - again if I remember correctly. Someone > please correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks, Eric. You're right, I do have one and just didn't know it. But as others have pointed out, it's the AE-L button. The switch you refer to on the on button is the depth of field preview activator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
