Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On 4/3/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Aperture priority (I think that's Tv).
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>Tv is Time value = shutter priority
>Av is Aperture value = aperture priority
>
>Hyper Program is bonkers and have no idea what it does.

Hyper Program is brilliant and I'm slightly amazed no other manufacturer
has copied it. Simply put, hyper Program is "you adjust whichever
exposure control you want and the camera will automatically take care of
the other one" auto exposure. You can set the aperture and the camera
will set its own shutter speed. If you change your mind and want
shutter-preferred automation you just have to turn the shutter speed
wheel and the camera instantly gives you shutter speed control, taking
over the aperture setting itself. So you can instantly switch back and
forth between shutter-preferred and aperture-preferred automation just
by changing whichever setting you want to be able to control yourself.

I very rarely use shutter-preferred auto exposure - the only time I can
think of is when doing panning shots of motorsports, but it's really
nice to be able to switch back and forth between aperture-preferred and
shutter-preferred without even taking the camera away from my eye.

I think "Hyper Program" is a stupid name for a brilliant feature.

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

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