On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 08:22:15PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:05 PM, John Francis wrote: > > >> On 08/04/2011 8:49 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >> When all I need is a "snapshot" that does a decent job of getting the > >> exposure > >> close enough, the green mode actually works ell enough, even with the > >> pop-up flash. > >> > > 1234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 > > 234567890 > > > > Sorry - that's a few too many characters for a tweet. > > Shame, really - you've nailed the astonishment at the blindingly obvious. > > Not really all that obvious because I pretty much learned using DSLRs with > the K100 and K20, which I found would take good shots, if you carefully told > them exactly what to do, but letting the camera think for itself was > generally a recipe for disaster.
I'd still disagree. While I rarely use "green" mode, I'd say well over half my shots are taken in "P" mode (which is kinda like green mode with a few more options available). That was true even with my *ist-D (and, before that, the PZ-1p and MZ-S). And, of course, the vast majority of cameras (of all makes) are sold to people who probably use green/P mode on an even higher proportion of their shots. But, despite that, they manage to end up with some pretty decent shots (well, unless they use RAW - you still get posts complaining about the lack of punch in shots straight out of the camera. That happens for JPEGs, too, as a recent post reminds us, but it was far more common complaint about RAW images). For tricky light I'll spot meter; for specific visual effects I'll shoot aperture or shutter priority. And I'll dial in exposure compensation if I know I'm shooting in situations that require it. But if I'm not using any of those (and even when I am using spot metering) the camera ends up set in just the same way it would be in green mode. Most of the time that's close enough for all but the most demanding scenarios. -- 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.
