The Optio actually has a physical green button just like the DSLRs. It's a wildcard button, and I set it to green mode for my wife. (Sorry for the confusion.) I may see if I can convince here to use the exposure compensation. Since the LCD is 16:9, you get the whole live view with a tiny live histogram to one side. If you could flick the exposure comp around, it might be really handy for saving those highlights.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 19, 2011, at 9:12, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> I gave my wife an optio i-10 (that little retro compact that was way >> overpriced at $300) when it dropped down to $100. I set her green >> button to perform a basic reset, which she thinks is the greatest >> thing since sliced bread. I toyed with exposure compensation, which >> it needs since it can really blow out the highlights if left to >> itself, but her comfort zone is to have a way to guarantee a picture. >> This thinking sometimes slips into their higher end models. >> > > Green Button is not the same as "Green Mode"... (Sorry 'bout the inline > reply) > >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Green mode overrides your configuration and saves the file as jpeg. >>> >>> I never used it on anything but snapshots and documentation, but I hate >>> features that override your own global settings. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
