when I use the green button metering/setting, its only to get me in the
ballpark. I then fine tune
the exposure with either and or both the shutter speed and aperture
setting using the histogram/lcd.
works for me.
jco
On 9/19/2014 4:38 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Pentax has definitely failed to promote the Green button. To me it's
just a Mystery Button that I could just as easily cover over with
black electrical tape.
After it got talked about here a few years ago, I made the effort to
read up on it. The manual left me scratching my head, but folks here
insisted it was awesome. I think the issue with the manual is there's
no overview or Big Picture -- why it was added.
When I tried it out, no matter what I did with it it just seemed to
produce random and inscrutable results -- incorrect exposures -- with
no apparent benefit to me.
I think of it as the Do Not Press Me Ever button. It just presents one
more opportunity for me to fsck up the settings if I fumble-finger it.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
If people really want to use pre-"A"
lenses, they can easily work in M mode and use Sunny 16 like we all did long
ago (& waste no film).
Pentax has actually given us a lot more than that. Most everyone knows
that the Green Button can be set to give you the Program exposure
setting while in Manual. But a lot of people still don't know about
Hyper Manual. Hit the AE/L button after the green button and now you
can change BOTH the aperture and shutter speed (together with only ONE
dial) at your chosen ISO. Super handy.
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